Ekpede Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2451:723,03233,123
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Ekpede (18) may also be a first name.

Ekpede Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpede is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ekpede.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpede? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ekpede is the 1,025,894th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Ekpede is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpede reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 18 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 723,032. In Nigeria Ekpede is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 59 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpaede921/
Akpede832,413/
Okpede83274/
Ekpedi83122/
Ikpede8363/
Ekpode8335/
Ekpide837/
Ekpade832/
Akpoede7738/
Akpedeh7722/
Akpaede778/
Ikpedje772/
Aikpede771/
Akpedhe771/
Ikpedhe771/
Okpeide771/
Akpaedeh715/
Akpode671,172/
Akpade67909/
Ikpade67241/
Akpedi67159/
Ikpide67144/
Ekpadi6766/
Ekpidi6726/
Okpedi6721/
Okpade679/
Okpode677/
Ikpedi677/
Ikpeda674/
Ikpode672/
Ekpodi671/
Akpide671/
Ekpidy671/
Eshkpaide671/

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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 Ekpede
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