Ekwedu Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ekwedu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekwedu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwedu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwedu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwedu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwedu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Ekwedu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 52 percent are found, Enugu, where 44 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwedou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwadu | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ikwedu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Egwedu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Akwedu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwodu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engwedu | 77 | 776 | / |
| Ikwuedu | 77 | 97 | / |
| Okwodu | 67 | 344 | / |
| Egwadu | 67 | 141 | / |
| Ecwadu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Egbedu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Okwadu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Akwadu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikwodu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwidu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikwadu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuedu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwedu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwodu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwedu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwuedu | 62 | 27 | / |
| Ingwedu | 62 | 19 | / |
| Igweadu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Okwuidu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Igweudu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Akwadou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Agwadu | 50 | 785 | / |
| Igbedu | 50 | 14 | / |
| Igwadu | 50 | 9 | / |
| Eguadu | 50 | 4 | / |
| Hequedusch | 50 | 1 | / |
| Egbidu | 50 | 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 Ekwedu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis