Ekwebele Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ekwebele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekwebele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwebele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwebele is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwebele? popularity and diffusion
Ekwebele is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Ekwebele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekwebele reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 41 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 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 Ekwebele
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