Ekkah Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ekkah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekkah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ekkah (13) may also be a first name.

Ekkah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekkah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ekkah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻩ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekkah.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekkah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekkah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename internationally, held by 13 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Ekkah is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 93 percent are found, Lagos, where 4 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 6 percent are found and Morocco, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekkauh917/
Hekkah911/
Ekka89128,099/
Ekah893,782/
Ekkahad831/
Gekka80216/
Ekaha80106/
Ekaih8092/
Aekka8040/
Akkah8036/
Hekka8027/
Eakka8020/
Eekka8017/
Ekkka8012/
Ekach8011/
Ekhah8010/
Ekahs8010/
Ekeah809/
Eikka808/
Ikkah808/
Ekkaa806/
Ekaah806/
Ekkay805/
Gekah805/
Okkah805/
Ekkha804/
Aekah804/
Ekkai803/
Ekkau802/
Ekaph802/
Ekkea801/
Eckah801/
Ekkat801/
Ekahh801/
Ekahy801/
Ekkoh801/
Oekka800/
Ekkkkkah774/
Eka7594,362/
Heikka73722/
Hiekka73150/
Hekahu7333/
Hekaha7325/
Akkhah7325/
Ehkhah7323/
Gekkai735/
Eskash734/
Eskaha732/
Jikkah732/
Edkath731/
Ekahah731/
Ekaich731/
Ikkach731/
Hekkas731/
Eekaih731/
Ekaaph731/
Heukah731/
Ekahas731/
Aekkha731/
Eckhah731/
Ekkatt731/
Geykah731/
Ekai6721,878/
Akka6717,571/
Okah6711,912/
Ekoh678,685/
Akah677,183/
Okka673,291/
Heka671,804/
Geka671,719/
Ikah671,683/
Ekoa671,264/
Ikka671,090/
Ekau67949/
Eeka67698/
Eika67558/
Euka67432/
Ekea67414/
Ekaa67391/
Eaka67303/
Ekha67196/
Ekay67157/
Oeka67155/
Aeka67143/
Ieka6770/
Ejka6750/
Eyka6749/
Ekko6747/
Ecah6742/
Jkka6712/
Ehkhash6712/
Ekho6711/
Đeka6710/
Ehka678/
Ekaj676/
Heekaih674/
Egka672/
Eqah672/
Jkah671/
Eqka671/
Ykah671/
Ekkouch671/
Hekahaa671/
Akkaaha671/
Ehshkah671/
Ekaà671/
Ekkhout671/
Ishkkah671/

Ekkah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekkah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺎﻩakah66.67
ﺃﻛﺎﻩakah33.33

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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
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  • 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 Ekkah
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