Ekwenye Surname
Approximately 1,419 people bear this surname
Ekwenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 887 | 1:199,710 | 11,977 |
| Kenya | 489 | 1:94,437 | 8,405 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Ekwenye (11) may also be a first name.
Ekwenye Demographics
Ekwenye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekwenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwenye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwenye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 273,923rd most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,135,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwenye reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 887 people, or 1 in 199,710. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 64 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Ekwenye exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Ekwenye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eekwenye | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ekweinye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Akwenye | 86 | 1,011 | / |
| Ekwenie | 86 | 29 | / |
| Ekwenge | 86 | 5 | / |
| Jkwenye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ikwenye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwanye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekuenye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hakwenye | 80 | 177 | / |
| Ekwonnye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oekwonye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akweenye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ikwenya | 71 | 189 | / |
| Ikwenge | 71 | 83 | / |
| Ikwonye | 71 | 33 | / |
| Okwenje | 71 | 23 | / |
| Akwenya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Akwonye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Egbenye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwenje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agwenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akuenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwengea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gikwenge | 67 | 21 | / |
| Igweanye | 67 | 11 | / |
| Enguenye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ongwenye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekouegne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angwenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakuenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwenyit | 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 Ekwenye
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