Ekoya Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Ekoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 431 | 1:171,414 | 17,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekoya (10) may also be a first name.
Ekoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekoya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekoya is the 571,325th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname Ekoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ekoya are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekoya is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 171,414. Not including The DR Congo Ekoya exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 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 Ekoya
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