Ekpri Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ekpri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekpri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3591:493,43424,703
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Ekpri (31) may also be a first name.

Ekpri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekpri occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ekpri click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpri? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 780,352nd most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 20,075,884 people. The last name Ekpri occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekpri are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpri is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 31 people.

The surname Ekpri is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 493,434. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 51 percent reside, Delta, where 25 percent reside and Cross River, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eekpri911/
Akpri80186/
Ekpre8047/
Okpri801/
Okprie7315/
Akhpri734/
Aikpri732/
Ikprie731/
Akprui731/
Akprie731/
Akproi731/
Akpeheri621/
Akpre6024/
Akpry6010/
Okpre606/
Jgpri601/
Yqpri601/
Akprea552/
Ikpraha501/
Jqpreis501/

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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 Ekpri
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