Ekpima Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1881:942,24940,456
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Ekpima Last Name Facts

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

Ekpima occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ekpima.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpima? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,148,257th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpima reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ekpima is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 942,249. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 86 percent are found, Rivers, where 5 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Ekpima is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpimah9228/
Ekpeima921/
Ekpema83265/
Ikpima8358/
Akpima839/
Ekpuma837/
Okpima837/
Okpimah7790/
Ekpeama7717/
Ekpoimo774/
Akpaima771/
Ekpetma771/
Akpeima771/
Ekpeme67350/
Akpuma67344/
Ekpemo67204/
Ikpema67109/
Akpema67106/
Ikpimi6768/
Okpimo6749/
Ekpumo6728/
Ekpemi6723/
Ikpuma6710/
Okpuma672/

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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 Ekpima
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