Ekwena Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ekwena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekwena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2501:83,07610,122
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwenna92127/
Ekwenaya861/
Ekweny83631/
Ekwene83288/
Okwena83262/
Ekweni83106/
Akwena8363/
Ekwona8314/
Ikwena835/
Ekwana833/
Ekweno831/
Ekwonna77387/
Ekweani77259/
Ekwenyi77152/
Ekwinai7745/
Ekwenie7729/
Ekwuene7728/
Ekwenge775/
Egwenea774/
Egweuna774/
Engwena773/
Akwenah771/
Ekwenyo771/
Ikwenna771/
Eskwene771/
Ekwenou771/
Egwenga771/
Egwuena771/
Ekwenuo771/
Ekweano771/
Okkwena771/
Ekwengi771/
Ekwonnah7110/
Ekweanuo717/
Ekweanyi713/
Ekweunuo713/
Okwana67490/
Akwana67474/
Agwena6793/
Egweni6760/
Egwona6753/
Egwene6738/
Ikweny6728/
Akweno6716/
Ikwana6714/
Akwona6714/
Igwena6711/
Ogwena678/
Ikwene677/
Ykwana676/
Egbena673/
Egwana672/
Okweno672/
Eguena672/
Akwina671/
Okwina671/
Equena671/
Egweny671/
Ekwini671/
Akuena671/
Oqwena671/
Ekwuenech671/

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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 Ekwena
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