Ekome Surname
Approximately 3,820 people bear this surname
Ekome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2,324 | 1:813 | 137 |
| Cameroon | 903 | 1:23,000 | 3,124 |
| Nigeria | 318 | 1:557,053 | 27,115 |
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekome (57) may also be a first name.
Ekome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekome occurs more in Gabon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,120th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,907,735 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekome live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ekome is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 57 people.
Ekome is most frequently occurring in Gabon, where it is held by 2,324 people, or 1 in 813. Other than Gabon Ekome exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 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 Ekome
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