Ekpu Surname
Approximately 1,882 people bear this surname
Ekpu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,862 | 1:95,136 | 6,542 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ekpu (99) may also be a first name.
Ekpu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekpu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekpu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekpu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekpu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekpu is the 217,797th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,872,235 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekpu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 99 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,862 people, or 1 in 95,136. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Edo, where 25 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 23 percent are found and Delta, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpau | 89 | 302 | / |
| Yekpu | 89 | 89 | / |
| Ekpou | 89 | 18 | / |
| Ekpuh | 89 | 12 | / |
| Ekput | 89 | 9 | / |
| Ekpus | 89 | 3 | / |
| Eekpu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ekpeu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Jekpu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ekpui | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ijekpu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Jekphu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aekpeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yehkpu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpu | 75 | 6,447 | / |
| Okpu | 75 | 2,419 | / |
| Ikpu | 75 | 151 | / |
| Egpu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Eqpu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekpuhie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyiekpu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpuh | 67 | 174 | / |
| Okpeu | 67 | 77 | / |
| Jikpu | 67 | 51 | / |
| Ikpou | 67 | 29 | / |
| Akpau | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ikpuu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Okpuh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Akpui | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ekpoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekpoe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ikpui | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ikpuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akpeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yokpu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okphu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikpu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uyiekpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaqpu | 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
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- 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 Ekpu
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