Ekonwa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ekonwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekonwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekonwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekonwa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekonwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekonwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Ekonwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekonwa reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Ekonwa is most frequent in: Rivers, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Enugu, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Ekonwa is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikonwa | 83 | 415 | / |
| Okonwa | 83 | 110 | / |
| Ekanwa | 83 | 21 | / |
| Akonwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekunwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ekonwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akonwah | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okonway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yokonwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikonnwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aikonwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekhomwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akonwea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihekanwa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Ehikanwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okonwo | 67 | 3,539 | / |
| Akanwa | 67 | 1,024 | / |
| Ekunwe | 67 | 874 | / |
| Iheakanwa | 67 | 241 | / |
| Okanwa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akonwo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ekonvo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekamwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikonwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikunwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okonua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekonbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekunwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikanwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekanua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekonbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikonwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekanwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikonwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekomwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekomva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekonwa
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