Ekiye Surname
Approximately 1,127 people bear this surname
Ekiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,110 | 1:159,588 | 10,018 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ekiye (224) may also be a first name.
Ekiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekiye is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 329,025th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,466,323 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekiye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekiye is also the 601,629th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 224 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,110 people, or 1 in 159,588. In Nigeria Ekiye is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 49 percent live, Rivers, where 35 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ekiye is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ekiye
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