Ekunwe Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekunwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekunwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7821:226,52513,307
United States551:6,590,162310,708
England111:5,065,278148,650
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Finland61:916,11741,832
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ekunwe (18) may also be a first name.

Ekunwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekunwe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ekunwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekunwe? popularity and diffusion

Ekunwe is the 401,796th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ekunwe reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekunwe is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 782 people, or 1 in 226,525. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 79 percent reside, Lagos, where 7 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Ekunwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ekunwe are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Ekunwe earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning $44,102 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekunwer921/
Okunwe83345/
Ekunbe836/
Akunwe834/
Ekunue832/
Ekunwa832/
Ekonwe831/
Ikunwe831/
Okunwei7739/
Okunwie771/
Ekonwa677/
Ikunwa673/
Ikonwe673/
Egkumbe621/
Ekoumbe621/
Ekunnuhi571/
Ikonwa50415/
Ecumbe504/
Akunvi501/
Ikonwi501/

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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 Ekunwe
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