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 last name Ekwese is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwese? popularity and diffusion
Ekwese is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwese live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Ekwese is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent live, Northwest Region, where 46 percent live and East Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname 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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