Ekuweme Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekuweme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekuweme Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Ekuweme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekuweme is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekuweme? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ekuweme is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekuweme are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ekuweme is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Ekuweme
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