Ekpebor Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpebor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpebor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Ekpebor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpebor is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpebor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Ekpebor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekpebor are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ekpebor is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 43 percent reside, Edo, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ekpebor is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okpebor8615/
Akpebor8612/
Ekpaibor8027/
Uikpebor803/
Akpobor71127/
Akpibor7156/
Okpobor7136/
Akpabor7127/
Ekpobar711/
Ikpibor711/
Ikpobor711/
Akpaibor6781/
Ikpabar5726/

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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 Ekpebor
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