Ekwede Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Ekwede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Ekwede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwede occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekwede.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwede? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwede live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 220,948. In Cameroon Ekwede is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 86 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 11 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwedei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedde | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuede | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedett | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akwede | 83 | 1,643 | / |
| Egwede | 83 | 199 | / |
| Ekwedi | 83 | 150 | / |
| Okwede | 83 | 138 | / |
| Ekwade | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ikwede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekweda | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwodee | 77 | 43 | / |
| Okwuede | 77 | 36 | / |
| Okwoede | 77 | 35 | / |
| Akwedde | 77 | 27 | / |
| Okwedeh | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okwedei | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ekweadi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Okweede | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akweede | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekwedhi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwider | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuedi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwaede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwhede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedei | 71 | 114 | / |
| Ekouedje | 71 | 6 | / |
| Okwoedeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwayder | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egbede | 67 | 2,804 | / |
| Okwedi | 67 | 505 | / |
| Igwede | 67 | 123 | / |
| Okwode | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ogwede | 67 | 83 | / |
| Okwedy | 67 | 49 | / |
| Okuede | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ekwadi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Akwade | 67 | 29 | / |
| Egwade | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ekuide | 67 | 20 | / |
| Akwedi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwade | 67 | 12 | / |
| Egweda | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eguede | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akuede | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekuedi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekueda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwide | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweidije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwede | 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 Ekwede
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