Ekwene Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Ekwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 227 | 1:91,494 | 10,968 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Ekwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwene is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 919,444th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwene are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 91,494. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent live, Southwest Region, where 2 percent live and Littoral Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwenie | 92 | 29 | / |
| Ekwuene | 92 | 28 | / |
| Ekwenge | 92 | 5 | / |
| Eskwene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwen | 91 | 116 | / |
| Ekweny | 83 | 631 | / |
| Ekwena | 83 | 272 | / |
| Ekweni | 83 | 106 | / |
| Okwene | 83 | 75 | / |
| Egwene | 83 | 38 | / |
| Ekwane | 83 | 19 | / |
| Akwene | 83 | 15 | / |
| Ikwene | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ekwone | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuenech | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekweani | 77 | 259 | / |
| Ekwenyi | 77 | 152 | / |
| Ikwenge | 77 | 83 | / |
| Okwuene | 77 | 17 | / |
| Egwenea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eghwene | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egwuene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwengi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwenei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweneh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwoene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iskwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egweune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekouene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hekwein | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ikwen | 73 | 1,252 | / |
| Ekwin | 73 | 85 | / |
| Heckwine | 71 | 44 | / |
| Gikwenge | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ekweanyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ishkwene | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eqkhween | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekouegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweunne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwenaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwani | 67 | 328 | / |
| Okweni | 67 | 208 | / |
| Egbene | 67 | 183 | / |
| Ekwain | 67 | 126 | / |
| Ogwene | 67 | 79 | / |
| Egweni | 67 | 60 | / |
| Akweni | 67 | 49 | / |
| Akwane | 67 | 44 | / |
| Okwane | 67 | 32 | / |
| Jikwen | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ikweny | 67 | 28 | / |
| Agwene | 67 | 17 | / |
| Eguene | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekwany | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ikwena | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egweun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikween | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yikwen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Equene | 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 Ekwene
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