Ekoyo Surname
Approximately 2,951 people bear this surname
Ekoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,560 | 1:69,196 | 5,018 |
| DR Congo | 363 | 1:203,525 | 20,281 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ekoyo (242) may also be a first name.
Ekoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekoyo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekoyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekoyo is the 149,670th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,469,517 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekoyo live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekoyo is also the 574,510th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 242 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,560 people, or 1 in 69,196. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 87 percent reside, Lagos, where 3 percent reside and Cross River, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ekoyo occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ekoyo
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