Ekwedi Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Ekwedi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Ekwedi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwedi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwedi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwedi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwedi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Delta, where 19 percent are found and Niger, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekweadi | 92 | 10 | / |
| Ekwedhi | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ekwedei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuedi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwedi | 83 | 505 | / |
| Ekwede | 83 | 136 | / |
| Ekwadi | 83 | 31 | / |
| Akwedi | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ekuedi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekweda | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwedei | 77 | 14 | / |
| Hekwadi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okwuedi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwedii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweudi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Engwedi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweddi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuedei | 71 | 114 | / |
| Egweidis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwedett | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwedhoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egbedi | 67 | 2,292 | / |
| Akwede | 67 | 1,643 | / |
| Okwadi | 67 | 421 | / |
| Egwede | 67 | 199 | / |
| Okwede | 67 | 138 | / |
| Okwedy | 67 | 49 | / |
| Igwedi | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ikwadi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Okwodi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akwadi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okuedi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekwade | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egweda | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikwidi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwedi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwadi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekueda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwidi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eghweidhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweidije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwede | 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 Ekwedi
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