Ekunke Surname
Approximately 1,617 people bear this surname
Ekunke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,616 | 1:109,618 | 7,322 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekunke (143) may also be a first name.
Ekunke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekunke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekunke is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekunke? popularity and diffusion
Ekunke is the 246,025th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,506,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekunke live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekunke is also the 772,378th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 143 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,616 people, or 1 in 109,618. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 73 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found and Kaduna, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ekunke
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