Ekiwe Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Ekiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekiwe (461) may also be a first name.
Ekiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekiwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekiwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekiwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekiwe is also the 397,322nd most frequently used forename globally It is held by 461 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 76 percent reside, Ogun, where 6 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ekiwe occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehkiwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekgiwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekaiwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekihwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekiwge | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekiowei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekuwe | 80 | 321 | / |
| Okiwe | 80 | 178 | / |
| Ekewe | 80 | 121 | / |
| Ekawe | 80 | 30 | / |
| Ekiwa | 80 | 19 | / |
| Akiwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ikiwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ekive | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ekiwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekojiawe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekiewa | 73 | 60 | / |
| Ekewei | 73 | 48 | / |
| Ekawhe | 73 | 44 | / |
| Akiewe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ekuwei | 73 | 14 | / |
| Aikiwe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ekewer | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ekeibe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ekeuwe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ekaewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ekuewe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekieva | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekawei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ekaibe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Echiwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hekawe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jikiwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akoiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okaiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekoibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okiwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gekewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekuwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekawee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuwei | 67 | 431 | / |
| Ikiewei | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ekojawe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ekuisue | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ikiowei | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ekew | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ekiyawa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekyw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekjw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekejiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekewhie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekevieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekewuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhevie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ykiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eakawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okiewei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuewei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekiwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekiyabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeibeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekawei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekiwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis