Ekpen Surname
Approximately 771 people bear this surname
Ekpen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 770 | 1:230,056 | 13,461 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Ekpen (493) may also be a first name.
Ekpen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekpen is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 443,157th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 9,452,070 people. The surname Ekpen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpen live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpen is also the 382,601st most widely held given name in the world It is held by 493 people.
Ekpen is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 770 people, or 1 in 230,056. In Nigeria Ekpen is mostly found in: Edo, where 31 percent reside, Cross River, where 28 percent reside and Delta, where 26 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Italy, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpaen | 91 | 6 | / |
| Iekpen | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ekpenn | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ekpend | 91 | 3 | / |
| Yekpen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hekpeng | 83 | 5 | / |
| Akpen | 80 | 3,772 | / |
| Ikpen | 80 | 658 | / |
| Okpen | 80 | 230 | / |
| Ekpin | 80 | 203 | / |
| Ekpng | 80 | 3 | / |
| Uyiekpen | 77 | 593 | / |
| Oiyekpen | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ojiekpen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Ujiekpen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oyiekpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hehekpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihiekpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeen | 73 | 61 | / |
| Aykpen | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ekping | 73 | 4 | / |
| Akpaen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akpenn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uikpen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpeen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpina | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hekpin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpien | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpengowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpn | 67 | 139 | / |
| Uickpen | 67 | 31 | / |
| Okpn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ecpn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oikpeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehekpin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekping | 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 Ekpen
- 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