Ekwah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ekwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Ekwah (43) may also be a first name.
Ekwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwah is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ekwah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwah? popularity and diffusion
Ekwah is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwah reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 43 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 33 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwaha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekwa | 89 | 2,735 | / |
| Eankwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akwah | 80 | 724 | / |
| Okwah | 80 | 393 | / |
| Ekwau | 80 | 281 | / |
| Ekwai | 80 | 217 | / |
| Ekwoh | 80 | 56 | / |
| Hekwa | 80 | 53 | / |
| Ekway | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ekwea | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ekwua | 80 | 23 | / |
| Egwah | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ekwaj | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ekwaa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ikwah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ekwas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aekwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eakwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eukwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akwaah | 73 | 559 | / |
| Heskwa | 73 | 285 | / |
| Akwaha | 73 | 159 | / |
| Heukwa | 73 | 63 | / |
| Akwuah | 73 | 28 | / |
| Ekwatt | 73 | 18 | / |
| Akwaih | 73 | 4 | / |
| Egweah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ekwaat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hekway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eekwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eakwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekweae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwass | 73 | 1 | / |
| Henkwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hekwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okgwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egwwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eckwad | 73 | 0 | / |
| Akwa | 67 | 9,835 | / |
| Ekwo | 67 | 4,073 | / |
| Okwa | 67 | 2,740 | / |
| Egwa | 67 | 2,272 | / |
| Ikwa | 67 | 2,178 | / |
| Ekua | 67 | 149 | / |
| Ecwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ykwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Jkwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Egwuaha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Eqwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jiekwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geekuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahakwah | 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 Ekwah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis