Ekpezu Surname
Approximately 835 people bear this surname
Ekpezu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 827 | 1:214,199 | 12,727 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
Ekpezu (247) may also be a first name.
Ekpezu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpezu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekpezu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpezu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekpezu is the 416,572nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,727,600 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekpezu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpezu is also the 567,531st most prevalent given name on earth, held by 247 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 827 people, or 1 in 214,199. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 93 percent reside, Rivers, where 2 percent reside and Enugu, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpeazu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekpesu | 83 | 97 | / |
| Ikpezu | 83 | 46 | / |
| Ekpeju | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ekpozu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Okpezu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekpazu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ieekpeazu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeazu | 77 | 1,278 | / |
| Ekpechu | 77 | 61 | / |
| Okpeazu | 77 | 26 | / |
| Ekpoesu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ikpaezu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akpeazu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeizu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ijikpezu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ekpetsou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hekpazou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeazui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekpechou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikpozu | 67 | 730 | / |
| Ikpesu | 67 | 638 | / |
| Okpozu | 67 | 181 | / |
| Ikpazu | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ekpasu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Okpesu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekposu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekpetchou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpesu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpazu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpazu | 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 Ekpezu
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