Ekoa Surname
Approximately 1,264 people bear this surname
Ekoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,140 | 1:18,218 | 2,492 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Ekoa (367) may also be a first name.
Ekoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekoa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ekoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 300,690th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,765,464 people. The last name Ekoa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekoa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ekoa is also the 453,982nd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 367 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,140 people, or 1 in 18,218. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 18 percent are found and South Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ekoa
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