Ekkan Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ekkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ekkan (16) may also be a first name.
Ekkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekkan (Hindi: एक्कन) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekkan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Ekkan is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Ekkan live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekkan is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 31 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekkan in the Hindi language | ||
| एक्कन | ekkana | - |
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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 Ekkan
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