Ekoi Surname
Approximately 1,977 people bear this surname
Ekoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,049 | 1:168,868 | 10,479 |
| Cameroon | 831 | 1:24,993 | 3,403 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ekoi (598) may also be a first name.
Ekoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekoi (Oriya: ଏେକାଇ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ekoi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 209,101st most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,686,164 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekoi are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 341,904th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 598 people.
The last name Ekoi is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,049 people, or 1 in 168,868. In Nigeria Ekoi is most common in: Cross River, where 54 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 37 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 42 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekoi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekoi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେକାଇ | eeka'i | - |
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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 Ekoi
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