Ekpoto Surname
Approximately 1,425 people bear this surname
Ekpoto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 985 | 1:179,840 | 11,055 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Ekpoto (56) may also be a first name.
Ekpoto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpoto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekpoto occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpoto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 272,960th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,114,067 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpoto live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 56 people.
Ekpoto is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 985 people, or 1 in 179,840. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 64 percent are found, Delta, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpouto | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekpoito | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okpoto | 83 | 3,338 | / |
| Akpoto | 83 | 1,340 | / |
| Ikpoto | 83 | 986 | / |
| Ekpeto | 83 | 38 | / |
| Ekpato | 83 | 30 | / |
| Akpotuo | 77 | 17 | / |
| Ekpoita | 77 | 7 | / |
| Yokpoto | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekpaeto | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okpoeto | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akpotoo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akpotoh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okkpoto | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpotoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpotto | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekpetou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpoutou | 71 | 34 | / |
| Ekpaetto | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aekpotha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekpata | 67 | 239 | / |
| Akpeto | 67 | 172 | / |
| Ikpato | 67 | 160 | / |
| Akpota | 67 | 147 | / |
| Ekpeta | 67 | 141 | / |
| Akpato | 67 | 137 | / |
| Okpato | 67 | 93 | / |
| Ekputa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Okpota | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ikputo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okpeto | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikpota | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikpeto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpouttah | 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 Ekpoto
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