Ekweta Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Ekweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Ekweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekweta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻳﺘﺎ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekweta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekweta is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekweta reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ekweta is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwetta | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwata | 83 | 89 | / |
| Okweta | 83 | 64 | / |
| Ekwete | 83 | 60 | / |
| Akweta | 83 | 52 | / |
| Ekueta | 83 | 22 | / |
| Ikweta | 83 | 8 | / |
| Egweta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwota | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ikwueta | 77 | 23 | / |
| Okwetta | 77 | 10 | / |
| Egwueta | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akwetay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwatta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwetha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gikweta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweteh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwaeta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwotha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweity | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweite | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuetea | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egbeta | 67 | 540 | / |
| Akwata | 67 | 531 | / |
| Igweta | 67 | 384 | / |
| Okwata | 67 | 204 | / |
| Egwete | 67 | 162 | / |
| Ogweta | 67 | 144 | / |
| Akueta | 67 | 75 | / |
| Okweto | 67 | 70 | / |
| Okwota | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ikwata | 67 | 51 | / |
| Ekwato | 67 | 29 | / |
| Agweta | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ikwete | 67 | 14 | / |
| Egwata | 67 | 10 | / |
| Egwetuoha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekueti | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwita | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egueta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egweto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akweto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ikueta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikweti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwota | 67 | 1 | / |
Ekweta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekweta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻳﺘﺎ | akwyta | - |
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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 Ekweta
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