Eklis Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Austria

Eklis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eklis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Eklis (56) may also be a first name.

Eklis Last Name Facts

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

Eklis is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eklis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Eklis occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Eklis live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eklis is also the 1,321,957th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 56 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Eklis is most common in: Gombe, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Eklis is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 29 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeklis916/
Jeklis911/
Eklise911/
Eklies911/
Ecklis911/
Eikelis8322/
Eykelis832/
Aklis80157/
Ekles8074/
Eclis8014/
Yekyllis7718/
Yeykelis777/
Eckles733,057/
Akhlis73320/
Eakles73146/
Eklich7324/
Ekless7323/
Heclis7316/
Aklies7314/
Akliss737/
Hiklis731/
Acklis731/
Etkles731/
Eklesh731/
Oklish731/
Okluis731/
Jeklys731/
Ecclis730/
Eikles730/
Hoklis730/
Heckles67197/
Eackles67100/
Geckles6769/
Ecckles6735/
Eckless676/
Ikillis675/
Eclisse674/
Eiclies673/
Jeckles671/
Ecclies671/
Eickles671/
Acklies671/
Akliesh671/
Ecklich671/
Eikeles671/
Ecklese670/
Hakliss670/
Hocklis670/
Yocklis670/

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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 Eklis
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