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
Ekwabi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwabi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,055,483rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwabi reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 247,391. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 90 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Ekwabi occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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