Ekit Surname
Approximately 3,743 people bear this surname
Ekit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,305 | 1:11,812 | 1,962 |
| Philippines | 178 | 1:568,754 | 63,329 |
| Turkey | 134 | 1:580,757 | 31,553 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekit (156) may also be a first name.
Ekit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekit (Hindi: अेकित, Russian: Экит) is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekit? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 122,230th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,946,980 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ekit reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 735,679th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 156 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,305 people, or 1 in 11,812. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Apac District, where 21 percent are found, Lira District, where 17 percent are found and Amolatar District, where 13 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 5 percent are found and Turkey, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekit in the Hindi language | ||
| अेकित | aekita | - |
| Ekit in the Russian language | ||
| Экит | ekit | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ekit
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