Ekweri Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ekweri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Ekwèri (1) are calculated separately.
Ekweri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekweri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekweri (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻳﺮﻯ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ekwèri. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekweri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Ekweri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekweri reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 86 percent are found, Abia, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Ekweri exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwèri | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ekweiri | 92 | 16 | / |
| Ekweyri | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ekwueri | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yekweri | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekhweri | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuerie | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ekwere | 83 | 15,597 | / |
| Okweri | 83 | 154 | / |
| Akweri | 83 | 79 | / |
| Ekwera | 83 | 56 | / |
| Ikweri | 83 | 14 | / |
| Egweri | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ekwari | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ekwiri | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ekueri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwueri | 77 | 43 | / |
| Ekwerre | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ekwuere | 77 | 22 | / |
| Eekwere | 77 | 11 | / |
| Jegweri | 77 | 7 | / |
| Egwerii | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ekoueri | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekweiry | 77 | 6 | / |
| Eakwere | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akwerii | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eakwera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Enkwere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweree | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iekwere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwarai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweret | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aekwari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikweiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwairi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwarri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eckwera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihekwere | 71 | 70 | / |
| Ekoueyri | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekhweiry | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghweiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghweyri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghwerie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwori | 67 | 6,494 | / |
| Okwiri | 67 | 2,920 | / |
| Egberi | 67 | 1,022 | / |
| Akwari | 67 | 902 | / |
| Okwere | 67 | 594 | / |
| Akwiri | 67 | 441 | / |
| Ekuere | 67 | 370 | / |
| Ogweri | 67 | 202 | / |
| Ekwire | 67 | 196 | / |
| Okwari | 67 | 187 | / |
| Egwere | 67 | 108 | / |
| Akwere | 67 | 104 | / |
| Ikwere | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ekwira | 67 | 77 | / |
| Egwari | 67 | 59 | / |
| Ikwera | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ekware | 67 | 13 | / |
| Agweri | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okwery | 67 | 11 | / |
| Akwori | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eqwere | 67 | 9 | / |
| Igweri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwerehie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egwera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ecueri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikwyri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwiry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acweri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okueri | 67 | 1 | / |
Ekweri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekweri in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻳﺮﻯ | akwyry | - |
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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 Ekweri
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