Ekwangu Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Ekwangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 334 | 1:116,884 | 11,233 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
Ekwangu (21) may also be a first name.
Ekwangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwangu occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwangu? popularity and diffusion
Ekwangu is the 723,769th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwangu reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ekwangu is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 116,884. In Uganda Ekwangu is most prevalent in: Amuria District, where 44 percent are found, Soroti District, where 21 percent are found and Kaberamaido District, where 15 percent are found. Besides Uganda Ekwangu is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Ekwangu
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