Ekune Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Ekune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekune is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekune.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekune? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. Ekune occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekune live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Ekune is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent live, Cross River, where 31 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ekune
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