Ekpelu Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ekpelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States71:51,779,848968,877

Ekpelu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekpelu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpelu? popularity and diffusion

Ekpelu is the 1,727,723rd most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Ekpelu is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekpelu live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ekpelu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 85 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 10 percent are found and Kaduna, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Ekpelu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Ekpelu Last Name Statistics demography

Ekpelu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpelou9255/
Akpelu831,649/
Okpelu837/
Ikpelu833/
Ekpolu831/
Akpaelu7721/
Akppelu771/
Ekpalou771/
Ekpêlou771/
Akpelou771/
Akpalu676,201/
Akpolu67100/
Okpolu6778/
Okpalu6725/
Ikpalu675/
Okpehelou672/
Ikpolu671/
Okpolou621/
Okpahalu5714/
Akpollou571/
Ikpailou571/

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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 Ekpelu
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