Ekpar Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Ekpar (18) may also be a first name.

Ekpar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpar is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekpar live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpar is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Ekpar is most frequent in: Rivers, where 68 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 30 percent are found and Kogi, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Ekpar occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpare9150/
Ekpaar916/
Ekparrh831/
Ekpayre831/
Gehkpar831/
Jehkpar831/
Ekpor801,242/
Akpar80527/
Ikpar8036/
Okpar8025/
Akhpar735/
Akpaar734/
Akpear734/
Ikpare732/
Yekpor731/
Ekpore731/
Okpair731/
Ikpaar731/
Okparh731/
Eakpor731/
Okpaar731/
Ekporh731/
Okparr731/
Eekpor731/
Hekpour675/
Ikphare675/
Jaykpar671/

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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 Ekpar
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