Ekwabi Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Ekwabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 214 | 1:247,391 | 19,981 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekwabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwabi is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekwabi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwabi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwabi live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 247,391. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 90 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwabhi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwabi | 83 | 2,150 | / |
| Akwabi | 83 | 784 | / |
| Egwabi | 83 | 138 | / |
| Ekwobi | 83 | 47 | / |
| Ekwabe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ekwaba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwuabi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ekwuobi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akwaubi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekwuaba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akwabhi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwabai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwebie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Engwabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwaiboi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwaaibi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akweabei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwabe | 67 | 1,910 | / |
| Agwabi | 67 | 1,276 | / |
| Egwaba | 67 | 544 | / |
| Ekwoba | 67 | 137 | / |
| Ekwebe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Akwobi | 67 | 78 | / |
| Igwabi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Okwobi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okwebi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akuabi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ikwaba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ogwabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwebi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwobe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikwavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwabe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekwabi
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