Ekpan Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Ekpan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 396 | 1:447,330 | 22,882 |
| Ivory Coast | 87 | 1:265,187 | 10,377 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekpan (52) may also be a first name.
Ekpan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekpan occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 624,505th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. Ekpan is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Ekpan reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 52 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 447,330. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 40 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent live and Cross River, where 21 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekphan | 91 | 1,098 | / |
| Aekpan | 91 | 21 | / |
| Eakpan | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ekhpan | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ekpean | 91 | 2 | / |
| Jekpan | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hekpan | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekpant | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekpane | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eckpan | 91 | 0 | / |
| Ekpahan | 83 | 19 | / |
| Geekpan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jeckpan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aekphan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eekpang | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekpeang | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akpan | 80 | 635,150 | / |
| Okpan | 80 | 2,345 | / |
| Ikpan | 80 | 1,012 | / |
| Ekpon | 80 | 384 | / |
| Egpan | 80 | 102 | / |
| Yekpon | 73 | 536 | / |
| Aakpan | 73 | 103 | / |
| Ekpone | 73 | 100 | / |
| Akphan | 73 | 97 | / |
| Hekpon | 73 | 61 | / |
| Akpaan | 73 | 52 | / |
| Akpann | 73 | 38 | / |
| Akkpan | 73 | 29 | / |
| Aikpan | 73 | 17 | / |
| Aqkpan | 73 | 15 | / |
| Akppan | 73 | 15 | / |
| Akpanh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Ikhpan | 73 | 12 | / |
| Egpang | 73 | 12 | / |
| Akpain | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okpain | 73 | 6 | / |
| Agkpan | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ackpan | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ickpan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Okpaun | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yokpan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ekphon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ekpein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpean | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikpfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpond | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajkpan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hikpan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpont | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hakpan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikpank | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokpan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hikpane | 67 | 42 | / |
| Hakphan | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekponne | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ekpotin | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ekposin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akpahan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekpeyng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aekphon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akkphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpoing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpoyng | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekpan
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