Ekobie Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Ekobie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekobie (258) may also be a first name.
Ekobie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekobie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekobie is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekobie? popularity and diffusion
Ekobie is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Ekobie occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekobie are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekobie is also the 554,411th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 258 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 9,176,050. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 50 percent reside and Cascades Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Ekobie
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