Ekwegba Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Ekwegba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Ekwegba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwegba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwegba is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwegba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Ekwegba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ekwegba are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 54 percent are found, Edo, where 8 percent are found and Enugu, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Ekwegba exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwegbo | 86 | 93 | / |
| Okwegba | 86 | 77 | / |
| Ekwegbe | 86 | 12 | / |
| Egwegba | 86 | 8 | / |
| Okwuegba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwegbou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akwegbai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egbegba | 71 | 40 | / |
| Okwogba | 71 | 32 | / |
| Okuegba | 71 | 18 | / |
| Akwagba | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ikwegbe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ekwigbo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ekwegwo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Egwegbe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ikwegbo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okwegbo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Igwegba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekuegbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekwekwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwogba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwagba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akuegba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwegba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwegua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweagwa | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ikwegbuo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ekwuigbo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ikwaagba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikwuegbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwuegbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwegbuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikwuegby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuegba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwuegbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweagba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eigbegba | 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
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- 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 Ekwegba
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