Ekwee Surname
Approximately 866 people bear this surname
Ekwee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 513 | 1:90,019 | 8,094 |
| Uganda | 353 | 1:110,593 | 10,800 |
Ekwee (248) may also be a first name.
Ekwee Demographics
Ekwee Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekwee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwee is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekwee is the 404,712th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,415,180 people. Ekwee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwee reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 566,287th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 248 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 90,019. In Kenya it is most common in: Turkana County, where 99 percent live, Nakuru County, where 1 percent live and Nandi County, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 41 percent live.
Ekwee Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekweet | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ekweae | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekwe | 89 | 12,301 | / |
| Ekweije | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okwee | 80 | 581 | / |
| Akwee | 80 | 394 | / |
| Ekweh | 80 | 184 | / |
| Ekwue | 80 | 155 | / |
| Ekweu | 80 | 153 | / |
| Ikwee | 80 | 141 | / |
| Hekwe | 80 | 74 | / |
| Ekwey | 80 | 70 | / |
| Ekwei | 80 | 42 | / |
| Ekwet | 80 | 36 | / |
| Ekwea | 80 | 28 | / |
| Eekwe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Egwee | 80 | 5 | / |
| Aekwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eikwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ezkwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Egkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oekwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iekwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eykwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Edkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekhwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eckwey | 73 | 8 | / |
| Heukwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eikwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Henkwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eihkwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eskwed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eukweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eckwez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwe | 67 | 6,393 | / |
| Ekue | 67 | 5,183 | / |
| Akwe | 67 | 4,115 | / |
| Ikwe | 67 | 3,552 | / |
| Ekwa | 67 | 2,735 | / |
| Egwe | 67 | 1,963 | / |
| Eskouee | 67 | 45 | / |
| Ekwi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ecwe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ekwy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ohiekwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eqwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekweowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enghwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwè | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echkwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueyi | 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 Ekwee
- 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