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
The surname Ekpiri is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,286th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpiri live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 53 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 302,808. In Nigeria Ekpiri is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 75 percent live, Benue, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 0 percent live.
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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