Ekongo Surname
Approximately 3,128 people bear this surname
Ekongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,922 | 1:38,439 | 4,751 |
| Congo | 798 | 1:6,252 | 962 |
| Namibia | 136 | 1:17,716 | 3,092 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekongo (128) may also be a first name.
Ekongo Demographics
Ekongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekongo is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 142,298th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,329,778 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekongo are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekongo is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 128 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,922 people, or 1 in 38,439. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 26 percent live and Namibia, where 4 percent live.
Ekongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ekongo last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ekongo
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