Ekwena Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Ekwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 250 | 1:83,076 | 10,122 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ekwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwena is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekwena is the 959,117th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. Ekwena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwena live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 83,076. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwenna | 92 | 127 | / |
| Ekwenaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekweny | 83 | 631 | / |
| Ekwene | 83 | 288 | / |
| Okwena | 83 | 262 | / |
| Ekweni | 83 | 106 | / |
| Akwena | 83 | 63 | / |
| Ekwona | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ikwena | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ekwana | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekweno | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwonna | 77 | 387 | / |
| Ekweani | 77 | 259 | / |
| Ekwenyi | 77 | 152 | / |
| Ekwinai | 77 | 45 | / |
| Ekwenie | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ekwuene | 77 | 28 | / |
| Ekwenge | 77 | 5 | / |
| Egwenea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Egweuna | 77 | 4 | / |
| Engwena | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akwenah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwenna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eskwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwenga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwuena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweano | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okkwena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwengi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwonnah | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ekweanuo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ekweanyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekweunuo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okwana | 67 | 490 | / |
| Akwana | 67 | 474 | / |
| Agwena | 67 | 93 | / |
| Egweni | 67 | 60 | / |
| Egwona | 67 | 53 | / |
| Egwene | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ikweny | 67 | 28 | / |
| Akweno | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ikwana | 67 | 14 | / |
| Akwona | 67 | 14 | / |
| Igwena | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ogwena | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ikwene | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ykwana | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egbena | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okweno | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eguena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Equena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oqwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuenech | 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 Ekwena
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