Ekoye Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Ekoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
Ekoye (28) may also be a first name.
Ekoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekoye is the 1,894,523rd most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekoye are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekoye is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 28 people.
Ekoye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent live, Delta, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Niger, where 15 percent live.
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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 Ekoye
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