Eko Surname
Approximately 25,484 people bear this surname
Eko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12,914 | 1:13,717 | 1,386 |
| Indonesia | 9,858 | 1:13,415 | 1,687 |
| Papua New Guinea | 694 | 1:11,749 | 1,070 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| India | 354 | 1:2,166,851 | 72,500 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| United States | 157 | 1:2,308,656 | 143,524 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| Congo | 92 | 1:54,229 | 4,909 |
| Israel | 61 | 1:140,289 | 14,966 |
| Pakistan | 61 | 1:2,928,588 | 24,004 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Japan | 27 | 1:4,734,974 | 38,607 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Eko (31,859) may also be a first name.
Eko Demographics
Average Male Eko Height
172.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Eko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eko (Hindi: एको, Marathi: एको) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Eko.
How Common Is The Last Name Eko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eko is the 21,390th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 285,966 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Eko are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 26,626th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 31,859 people.
The last name Eko is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12,914 people, or 1 in 13,717. In Nigeria Eko is mostly found in: Cross River, where 37 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Anambra, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria Eko exists in 68 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Eko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Eko surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Eko earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 174.97% more than the national average, earning R 653,424 per year and in United States they earn 31.59% more than the national average, earning $56,778 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eko in the Hindi language | ||
| एको | eko | - |
| Eko in the Marathi language | ||
| एको | eko | - |
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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 Eko
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