Ekwai Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Ekwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ekwai (25) may also be a first name.
Ekwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,118,459th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwai are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria Ekwai is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 88 percent reside, Rivers, where 5 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ekwai
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