Ekugbe Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekugbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekugbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1861:952,38040,741
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ekugbe (160) may also be a first name.

Ekugbe Last Name Facts

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

Ekugbe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekugbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,235,409th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekugbe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekugbe is also the 725,185th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 160 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 72 percent reside, Edo, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekungbe9224/
Ekuegbe922/
Eekugbe921/
Ekougbe921/
Ekugbeh921/
Ekhuegbe861/
Akugbe83949/
Okugbe83819/
Ekigbe8363/
Ikugbe8336/
Ekogbe8314/
Ekugba837/
Akuegbe77161/
Ikuegbe7755/
Okuegbe7721/
Eikigbe7716/
Akuigbe7713/
Okhugbe7713/
Akhugbe7713/
Ekhigbe779/
Aekigbe772/
Akaugbe771/
Hokugbe771/
Okuigbe771/
Ekhoegbe7125/
Akuegbie711/
Okhuugbe711/
Akigbe67377/
Okigbe6782/
Ikogbe675/
Ikigbe671/
Ikugba671/
Ikugbi671/

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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 Ekugbe
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