Eku Surname
Approximately 4,008 people bear this surname
Eku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,847 | 1:95,908 | 6,579 |
| India | 754 | 1:1,017,328 | 42,755 |
| Thailand | 536 | 1:131,788 | 20,176 |
| Indonesia | 360 | 1:367,359 | 31,549 |
| Papua New Guinea | 223 | 1:36,564 | 4,367 |
| Cameroon | 125 | 1:166,153 | 17,852 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Eku (2,603) may also be a first name.
Eku Demographics
Average Eku Salary in
United States
$6,417 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Eku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eku (Hindi: ेकु, Marathi: फ़ेकु, Oriya: ଏକୁ, Russian: Еку, Tibetan: ཡེ་ཀུ་) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Eku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eku is the 115,237th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,818,250 people. Eku is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Eku live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eku is also the 144,105th most common first name at a global level, held by 2,603 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,847 people, or 1 in 95,908. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 50 percent are found, Delta, where 7 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Eku is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 percent are found.
Eku Last Name Statistics demography
Eku earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡེ་ཀུ་ | yéku | - |
| Eku in the Hindi language | ||
| ेकु | eku | 96.57 |
| एकू | eku | 2.58 |
| एकु | eku | 0.43 |
| Eku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏକୁ | eku | 83.33 |
| ଏକୁାଇଁ | ekua'im | 16.67 |
| Eku in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ेकु | feku | 57.14 |
| ेकु | eku | 21.43 |
| फ़ेकू | feku | 21.43 |
| Eku in the Russian language | ||
| Еку | eku | - |
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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 Eku
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