Ekweu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Ekweu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 152 | 1:256,837 | 18,920 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ekweu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekweu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekweu is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekweu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekweu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname Ekweu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekweu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 256,837. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Soroti District, where 37 percent live, Serere District, where 30 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 27 percent live. Barring Uganda it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ekweu
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