Ekpor Surname
Approximately 1,242 people bear this surname
Ekpor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,204 | 1:147,129 | 9,353 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
Ekpor (135) may also be a first name.
Ekpor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekpor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 304,881st most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,867,589 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpor reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 797,647th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 135 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,204 people, or 1 in 147,129. In Nigeria Ekpor is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 72 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpore | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yekpor | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eakpor | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekporh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eekpor | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hekpour | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okpor | 80 | 4,763 | / |
| Akpor | 80 | 2,168 | / |
| Ikpor | 80 | 782 | / |
| Ekpar | 80 | 50 | / |
| Ekpur | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ecpor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ehiekpor | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oikpor | 73 | 107 | / |
| Ekpare | 73 | 50 | / |
| Akpour | 73 | 42 | / |
| Akpoor | 73 | 26 | / |
| Yikpor | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ekpaar | 73 | 6 | / |
| Akporh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yokpor | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okpour | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ekpure | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ikpotr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikpur | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okporr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikpoor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikpour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hecpor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akhpoor | 67 | 24 | / |
| Iokpour | 67 | 15 | / |
| Akhpour | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gegpour | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jehkpar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakpour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekparrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehkpar | 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 Ekpor
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