Ekwerike Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ekwerike Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekwerike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4321:410,05321,395
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Ekwerike Last Name Facts

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

Ekwerike is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekwerike? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 668,257th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. The last name Ekwerike occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekwerike reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 432 people, or 1 in 410,053. In Nigeria Ekwerike is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 32 percent reside, Abia, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ekwerike Last Name Statistics demography

Ekwerike earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.62% more than the national average, earning $47,300 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwereike9449/
Ekwerik931/
Okwerike88281/
Egwerike8839/
Ekwereke881/
Egwereike821/
Egwerik802/
Okworike75110/
Okwereke7510/
Ekwuirika711/
Ekwiriyakit63194/
Igberike633/
Egbirike631/
Egbirikke591/
Egbiriki501/

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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 Ekwerike
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