Ekpam Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Ekpam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekpam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ekpam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpam has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpam? popularity and diffusion

Ekpam is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpam reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Ekpam is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 95 percent are found and Cross River, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpame916/
Ekpaim911/
Akpam801,494/
Ikpam80435/
Okpam80268/
Ekpom804/
Ekpome7343/
Aykpam734/
Ekpoom731/
Ekpoim731/
Ikpeam731/
Ikpeame676/
Aekpoom671/
Ikpatme671/
Akpom601,191/
Okpom60364/
Ikpom60105/
Egpom601/
Ojiekphom572/
Ikpome55102/
Jikpom551/
Akpeum551/
Yokphom504/
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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 Ekpam
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