Ekweme Surname
Approximately 1,610 people bear this surname
Ekweme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,527 | 1:116,007 | 7,682 |
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekweme (92) may also be a first name.
Ekweme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekweme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekweme is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekweme.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekweme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 246,967th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,526,426 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekweme live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 92 people.
The last name Ekweme is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,527 people, or 1 in 116,007. In Nigeria Ekweme is most common in: Enugu, where 40 percent are found, Rivers, where 20 percent are found and Abia, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwueme | 92 | 10,573 | / |
| Ekweume | 92 | 20 | / |
| Ekwheme | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ekweeme | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ekwoeme | 92 | 3 | / |
| Eskweme | 92 | 2 | / |
| Enkweme | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ekweame | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwemge | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwem | 91 | 2,157 | / |
| Ekwuemeh | 86 | 17 | / |
| Ekwwueme | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ekkwueme | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ekhweime | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekwuemea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwueme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eikwueme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekhweyme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuemee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekweemeh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekueme | 83 | 158 | / |
| Ekwema | 83 | 134 | / |
| Okweme | 83 | 28 | / |
| Egweme | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ikweme | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ekwemi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ekwemm | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ekwuem | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ekwame | 83 | 4 | / |
| Akweme | 83 | 4 | / |
| Eekwem | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ezkwem | 83 | 2 | / |
| Eckwem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwome | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekweem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwueme | 77 | 450 | / |
| Okwueme | 77 | 48 | / |
| Egwueme | 77 | 13 | / |
| Ekhweim | 77 | 11 | / |
| Akwueme | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ekwuema | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ekwemma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekoueme | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okweime | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikweume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekhwime | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwemei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwem | 73 | 33 | / |
| Egwem | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ekwim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ikwuemeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwemi | 67 | 1,806 | / |
| Akueme | 67 | 246 | / |
| Egbeme | 67 | 236 | / |
| Ikwema | 67 | 130 | / |
| Egwame | 67 | 90 | / |
| Ikwome | 67 | 63 | / |
| Igweme | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okueme | 67 | 12 | / |
| Equeme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egueme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekuema | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egweim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikueme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwome | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agweme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egwime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Engwem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eqwemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwiem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwemy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogweme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwemi | 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 Ekweme
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