Ekwau Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Ekwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 280 | 1:139,426 | 12,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ekwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwau occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ekwau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 935,326th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. Ekwau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwau live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ekwau is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 139,426. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kaberamaido District, where 37 percent live, Soroti District, where 23 percent live and Serere District, where 12 percent live. Besides Uganda Ekwau exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ekwau
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