Ekwere Surname

34,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria14,8991:11,8901,227
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
England471:1,185,49155,443
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137

Ekwere (2,953) may also be a first name.

Ekwere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekwere Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ekwere is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekwere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 34,004th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 467,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwere reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekwere is also the 133,406th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 2,953 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14,899 people, or 1 in 11,890. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 69 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ekwere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ekwere surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Ekwere earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.68% more than the national average, earning $49,051 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwerre9223/
Ekwuere9222/
Eekwere9211/
Eakwere924/
Iekwere921/
Ekweree921/
Enkwere921/
Ekweret921/
Ekwer9152/
Ekwre919/
Ekwuerie863/
Okwere83594/
Ekuere83370/
Ekwire83196/
Egwere83108/
Akwere83104/
Ikwere8392/
Ekwera8356/
Ekweri8345/
Ekware8313/
Eqwere839/
Eikwer831/
Ekwert831/
Ekwear831/
Eghwere77237/
Eckwert77110/
Ekouere77102/
Egwhere7744/
Ekwaire7725/
Egweret7725/
Ekweiri7716/
Okweere7711/
Ekweiry776/
Ikwerre776/
Okwerre776/
Ekuerre775/
Okwuere774/
Ikwuere774/
Egwerhe773/
Ekweyri772/
Ikweret772/
Ekueree771/
Ekhweir771/
Ekhweri771/
Ekhwire771/
Akweire771/
Ekkware771/
Egwerre771/
Ekwueri771/
Egwehre771/
Egweree771/
Aikwere771/
Eckwera771/
Eakwera771/
Ekwir7327/
Ikwer736/
Egwer735/
Ecwer731/
Eghweree71394/
Eckwerth7153/
Eghwuere7120/
Aekwaree713/
Ekhweiry711/
Akweirhe711/
Akwehere711/
Eghwereh711/
Eghwerie711/
Egwheree711/
Okware6712,454/
Akware679,663/
Egbere672,122/
Egware67839/
Equere67680/
Agwere67440/
Hegwer67322/
Ogwere67216/
Okweri67154/
Akweri6779/
Ekwira6777/
Igwere6774/
Eghwerehe6745/
Okuere6723/
Okwore6716/
Ikweri6714/
Ikwera6714/
Egweri6713/
Okwery6711/
Ekwiri6710/
Ekwari6710/
Eguere676/
Akwire675/
Ikware675/
Egwire674/
Akuere672/
Egwerehie672/
Akwore672/
Okwire672/
Egwera672/
Ekouer671/
Ekwiry671/
Ekgber671/
Ekueri671/
Ekkuer671/
Ekwèri671/
Akwaheire671/
Ikuere671/
Ikwire671/
Eghwer671/

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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 Ekwere
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