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
The surname Ekwese is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwese reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 46 percent reside and East Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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