Ekwelum Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Ekwelum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ekwelum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwelum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwelum occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwelum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Ekwelum is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ekwelum reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Ekwelum is most numerous in: Enugu, where 59 percent live, Abia, where 12 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ekwelum
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