Ekwese Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ekwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwese is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwese? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwese live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Ekwese is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent live, Northwest Region, where 46 percent live and East Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwesse | 92 | 12 | / |
| Ekwuese | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwes | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ekwesseh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akwese | 83 | 211 | / |
| Ekwesi | 83 | 173 | / |
| Okwese | 83 | 148 | / |
| Ekweze | 83 | 108 | / |
| Ekwase | 83 | 52 | / |
| Ekuese | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ekwesa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikwese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueze | 77 | 67 | / |
| Ekwessa | 77 | 62 | / |
| Ekwezie | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ekwaseh | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ekweshi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ekwejeh | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ekwiset | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekweije | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekweasi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okweise | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akwesse | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akweseh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okwuese | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwueje | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akweshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuise | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekhwesi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwesip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwaese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweise | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwesea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweseh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweage | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwoeze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwiese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akweshie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekouesse | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwesseu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwesseh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwetshi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwesi | 67 | 865 | / |
| Okwose | 67 | 477 | / |
| Ikwesi | 67 | 147 | / |
| Okwesi | 67 | 118 | / |
| Ekwosi | 67 | 112 | / |
| Akweze | 67 | 91 | / |
| Ikweze | 67 | 58 | / |
| Okwise | 67 | 58 | / |
| Egbese | 67 | 52 | / |
| Akwose | 67 | 48 | / |
| Okweze | 67 | 46 | / |
| Egwesi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Okuese | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ekwasi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ikweje | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akwase | 67 | 9 | / |
| Igwese | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egweze | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekueze | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ikwose | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egwege | 67 | 5 | / |
| Egwase | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agwese | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eckwez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwois | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwesy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikuese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekueje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egweje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwece | 67 | 1 | / |
| Equese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwesa | 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 Ekwese
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