Ekute Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Ekute Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 146 | 1:1,213,307 | 48,905 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ekute (12) may also be a first name.
Ekute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekute Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekute (Marathi: ेकुटे) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ekute.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekute? popularity and diffusion
It is the 851,613th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. The surname Ekute occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekute live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekute is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
Ekute is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 1,213,307. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 40 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 25 percent are found and Kano, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekute Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekute in the Marathi language | ||
| ेकुटे | ekute | 71.43 |
| ुेकुटे | uekute | 14.29 |
| ेेकुटे | eekute | 14.29 |
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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 Ekute
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