Ekobia Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Ekobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ekobia (24) may also be a first name.
Ekobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekobia is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekobia? popularity and diffusion
Ekobia is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Ekobia live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 24 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Ekobia is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Ekobia exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okobia | 83 | 1,556 | / |
| Akobia | 83 | 1,120 | / |
| Ekubia | 83 | 41 | / |
| Ekebia | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ekabia | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ecobia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Escobia | 77 | 1,575 | / |
| Okobiah | 77 | 108 | / |
| Okoobia | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ekhebia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okkobia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okohbia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Escobias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jekaabia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikobya | 67 | 251 | / |
| Okobio | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ekabea | 67 | 34 | / |
| Akabia | 67 | 25 | / |
| Okabia | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okebia | 67 | 11 | / |
| Acobia | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ikebia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekabio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ecobio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikubia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akobya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekobia
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