Ekpiri Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Ekpiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 585 | 1:302,808 | 16,886 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Ekpiri (53) may also be a first name.
Ekpiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekpiri is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 546,286th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The last name Ekpiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpiri reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 53 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 302,808. In Nigeria Ekpiri is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 75 percent reside, Benue, where 9 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ekpiri exists in one country. It is also common in Scotland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eikpiri | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekperi | 83 | 1,587 | / |
| Akpiri | 83 | 527 | / |
| Ikpiri | 83 | 222 | / |
| Okpiri | 83 | 174 | / |
| Ekpuri | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ekperie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekperri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpoiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpirhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpeeri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpairi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpeiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpairi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikppiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpere | 67 | 2,124 | / |
| Akperi | 67 | 551 | / |
| Okperi | 67 | 521 | / |
| Akpuri | 67 | 275 | / |
| Ikpuri | 67 | 233 | / |
| Okpire | 67 | 160 | / |
| Ikpire | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ikperi | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ikpira | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ekpure | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpera | 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 Ekpiri
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