Ekong Surname
Approximately 42,999 people bear this surname
Ekong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40,827 | 1:4,339 | 581 |
| Cameroon | 552 | 1:37,625 | 5,033 |
| Philippines | 479 | 1:211,353 | 33,005 |
| Uganda | 477 | 1:81,843 | 8,716 |
| United States | 273 | 1:1,327,688 | 92,627 |
| Malaysia | 132 | 1:223,441 | 12,908 |
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ekong (6,413) may also be a first name.
Ekong Demographics
Average Ekong Salary in
United States
$42,693 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ekong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekong is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekong is the 13,040th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 169,482 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekong live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 82,096th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 6,413 people.
The surname Ekong is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40,827 people, or 1 in 4,339. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 57 percent reside, Cross River, where 18 percent reside and Adamawa, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.
Ekong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ekong surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Ekong surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Ekong earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.06% less than the national average, earning $42,693 USD per year.
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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 Ekong
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