Ekorong Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ekorong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekorong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4011:51,7936,767
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ekorong (19) may also be a first name.

Ekorong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekorong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekorong.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekorong? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 721,185th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekorong live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 19 people.

Ekorong is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 51,793. In Cameroon Ekorong is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 69 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekouroung881/
Ikorong8624/
Okorong8610/
Akorong862/
Ykorong861/
Ekkarong801/
Eakkarong751/
Okerong711/
Akorang711/
Akerong711/
Jikarong671/
Gaikurong631/
Ocarang5734/
Ikarang572/
Akarang571/
Ecarang571/

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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 Ekorong
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