Ekpung Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekpung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekpung Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ekpung (15) may also be a first name.

Ekpung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekpung is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekpung? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,108,016th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. The surname Ekpung is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekpung live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekpung is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

The last name Ekpung is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria Ekpung is most frequent in: Cross River, where 88 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekpeung921/
Ekpong831,608/
Okpung8320/
Ikpung831/
Ikpoung771/
Okphueng7124/
Eakphong714/
Eickpong711/
Ikpong671,634/
Ijkpong622/
Aickpong571/
Ikponk501/
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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 Ekpung
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