Ekouya Surname
Approximately 1,284 people bear this surname
Ekouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 1,278 | 1:3,904 | 633 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ekouya (842) may also be a first name.
Ekouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻱ) is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekouya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 296,943rd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,675,659 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekouya are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekouya is also the 281,229th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 842 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 1,278 people, or 1 in 3,904. In The Congo Ekouya is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 63 percent are found, Plateaux Department, where 26 percent are found and Cuvette Department, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Congo this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekouya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekouya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻱ | akwy | - |
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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 Ekouya
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