Ekpeke Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Ekpeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Ekpeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekpeke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekpeke is the 1,276,805th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpeke live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 52 percent live, Delta, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpeike | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ekpek | 91 | 152 | / |
| Okpeke | 83 | 1,424 | / |
| Akpeke | 83 | 919 | / |
| Ekpoke | 83 | 251 | / |
| Ekpeka | 83 | 128 | / |
| Ekpeki | 83 | 106 | / |
| Ikpeke | 83 | 28 | / |
| Ekpike | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ekpake | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okpaeke | 77 | 3 | / |
| Yokpeke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akpaeke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpuike | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hekpeck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpeeke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpekea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpekio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jkpek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehikpeka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpoke | 67 | 1,547 | / |
| Okpeki | 67 | 334 | / |
| Akpeki | 67 | 316 | / |
| Ikpeka | 67 | 210 | / |
| Ekpoki | 67 | 134 | / |
| Ekpaki | 67 | 130 | / |
| Okpoke | 67 | 126 | / |
| Okpake | 67 | 56 | / |
| Akpake | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ekpika | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ikpoke | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ikpake | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikpeki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogpeke | 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
- 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 Ekpeke
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis