Ekpi Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1201:1,476,19056,575
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Ekpi (75) may also be a first name.

Ekpi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ekpi.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekpi reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpi is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 75 people.

The last name Ekpi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Ekpi is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 49 percent are found, Cross River, where 18 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpai892,362/
Ekpei89779/
Hekpi89109/
Ekpie898/
Jekpi897/
Gekpi895/
Ekpoi893/
Ekpit892/
Ekpip891/
Yekpi891/
Ekpui891/
Ekpieh8016/
Haekpi801/
Yekpio801/
Yekpai801/
Ekpe7540,449/
Ekpa759,889/
Ikpi759,680/
Akpi752,475/
Okpi75530/
Ecpi7530/
Ekpy752/
Ekpé751/
Egpi751/
Ekpehie7318/
Ekpuhie731/
Akpai673,397/
Yekpe67518/
Okpai67413/
Egpit67404/
Ikpai67362/
Ekpeh67311/
Okpoi67269/
Gekpe67189/
Okpei6794/
Eekpa6786/
Hecpi6774/
Jekpe6765/
Eikpe6761/
Akpii6729/
Akpei6726/
Hekpe6722/
Ekpee6717/
Akpui6712/
Akpoi6712/
Ikpei6711/
Akpie6711/
Ikpoi6710/
Ekpay6710/
Ekpaa6710/
Eikpa679/
Ikpio679/
Eicpi678/
Aikpi678/
Hakpi676/
Aekpe676/
Akpih675/
Ikpui675/
Okpie675/
Ekbpe674/
Jekpa674/
Yekpa674/
Eckpa674/
Eekpe673/
Ekpha673/
Ekpeu672/
Ikpie671/
Ekpey671/
Okppi671/
Ikpii671/
Ekpea671/
Ejkpe671/
Ikpéi671/
Yekpè671/
Ekpaî671/
Aïkpi671/
Iheakpai671/
Ekkpe671/
Okpyi671/
Ujkpi671/
Ykpit671/
Ikqpi671/
Okpih671/
Egkpe671/

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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 Ekpi
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