Ekoni Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Ekoni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 331 | 1:159,944 | 14,300 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekoni (42) may also be a first name.
Ekoni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekoni has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ekoni click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 611,703rd most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ekoni live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 42 people.
Ekoni is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 159,944. In Tanzania Ekoni is most numerous in: Mtwara Region, where 78 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and India, where 10 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 Ekoni
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