Ekweny Surname
Approximately 631 people bear this surname
Ekweny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 389 | 1:100,358 | 10,082 |
| Kenya | 239 | 1:193,221 | 14,280 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Ekweny (111) may also be a first name.
Ekweny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekweny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekweny is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekweny? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 516,587th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,549,201 people. Ekweny occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekweny reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 111 people.
The surname Ekweny is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 100,358. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 18 percent reside, Apac District, where 14 percent reside and Katakwi District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 38 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwenyi | 92 | 152 | / |
| Ekwenyo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekweanyi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ekwenaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akweny | 83 | 452 | / |
| Ekwene | 83 | 288 | / |
| Ekwena | 83 | 272 | / |
| Ekweni | 83 | 106 | / |
| Ikweny | 83 | 28 | / |
| Ekwany | 83 | 6 | / |
| Egweny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekweani | 77 | 259 | / |
| Okwenyi | 77 | 125 | / |
| Akwenyi | 77 | 123 | / |
| Engweny | 77 | 68 | / |
| Ikwenyi | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ekwenie | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ekwuene | 77 | 28 | / |
| Egwenyi | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ekoueny | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ekwenge | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekwinyi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okweney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwengi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eskwene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweeny | 77 | 1 | / |
| Engwenyi | 71 | 32 | / |
| Okwuenyi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Ikwuenyi | 71 | 26 | / |
| Engwenyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Egwuenyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwoenyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwani | 67 | 328 | / |
| Okweni | 67 | 208 | / |
| Ogweny | 67 | 93 | / |
| Okwene | 67 | 75 | / |
| Egweni | 67 | 60 | / |
| Akweni | 67 | 49 | / |
| Egwene | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ecwany | 67 | 33 | / |
| Agweny | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ekwane | 67 | 19 | / |
| Akwene | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ikwene | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okwiny | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ikwena | 67 | 5 | / |
| Igweny | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwiny | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akueny | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwony | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwone | 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 Ekweny
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