Ekop Surname

163,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,3331:75,9295,440
Indonesia1541:858,76164,655
Papua New Guinea591:138,19919,012
Cameroon461:451,50137,608
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
England131:4,286,005132,302
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ekop (716) may also be a first name.

Ekop Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekop Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ekop (Marathi: ेकोप) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekop? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 163,864th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,751,055 people. The surname Ekop occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ekop are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekop is also the 308,550th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 716 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,333 people, or 1 in 75,929. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 67 percent reside, Cross River, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Ekop Last Name Statistics demography

Ekop earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning R 248,316 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekope89601/
Jekop8984/
Yekop8921/
Ekops8913/
Eiskop8039/
Ekophe8021/
Jeckop8017/
Eckopf8015/
Jekope805/
Ekoupe801/
Akop75993/
Okop75702/
Ekap75277/
Ekov75186/
Ikop75181/
Ekob7571/
Ecop7539/
Ykop752/
Eqop751/
Heikoop73914/
Heykoop73529/
Eyiekop731/
Eickopf731/
Heijkoop671,275/
Ekape67282/
Hekov67140/
Jekap67129/
Ekhov67110/
Jekob67109/
Yikop6796/
Yokop6777/
Jecop6746/
Escop6743/
Hakop6740/
Jikop6733/
Ikope6732/
Eikov6723/
Eykov6723/
Yekob6711/
Ecope677/
Iskop676/
Aikop675/
Ekouv675/
Okoph675/
Yekap674/
Akoop673/
Agkop672/
Ekaph672/
Eccop672/
Ejkov672/
Ekkov671/
Eheykoop671/
Ekaap671/
Akhop671/
Aekap671/
Eckob671/
Hekob671/
Excop671/
Ikkop671/
Okopf671/
Gikop671/
Okoyp671/
Ecoup671/
Hecop670/
Akoph670/

Ekop Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekop in the Marathi language
ेकोपekopa-

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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 Ekop
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