Ekwi Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Ekwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ekwi (153) may also be a first name.
Ekwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ekwi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Ekwi reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekwi is also the 743,570th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 153 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 89 percent live, Delta, where 5 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwai | 89 | 217 | / |
| Ekwei | 89 | 42 | / |
| Ekwii | 89 | 8 | / |
| Ekkwi | 89 | 5 | / |
| Ekwoi | 89 | 5 | / |
| Ekwie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ekwith | 80 | 1 | / |
| Etkwui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwieh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwois | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwe | 75 | 12,301 | / |
| Akwi | 75 | 6,946 | / |
| Okwi | 75 | 5,004 | / |
| Ekwa | 75 | 2,735 | / |
| Ekui | 75 | 86 | / |
| Egwi | 75 | 69 | / |
| Ikwi | 75 | 26 | / |
| Ekwy | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ekwè | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eskwitt | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ekweije | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jiekwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Echkwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eckwith | 73 | 0 | / |
| Akwii | 67 | 8,544 | / |
| Okwii | 67 | 8,345 | / |
| Akwei | 67 | 3,964 | / |
| Okwai | 67 | 940 | / |
| Ekwee | 67 | 866 | / |
| Okwei | 67 | 644 | / |
| Akwai | 67 | 586 | / |
| Ekweh | 67 | 184 | / |
| Ikwii | 67 | 181 | / |
| Ekwue | 67 | 155 | / |
| Ekweu | 67 | 153 | / |
| Aekui | 67 | 86 | / |
| Hekwe | 67 | 74 | / |
| Ekwey | 67 | 70 | / |
| Hekwa | 67 | 53 | / |
| Hakwi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Ikwai | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ekwet | 67 | 36 | / |
| Egwai | 67 | 35 | / |
| Ekway | 67 | 32 | / |
| Hekui | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ekwea | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ikwei | 67 | 23 | / |
| Okwoi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Okwui | 67 | 19 | / |
| Egwii | 67 | 16 | / |
| Egwui | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ekuie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eekwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekwaj | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekuis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egwie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekwaa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aekwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akwie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eikwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yikwi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akwij | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikwoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwih | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hokwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eikui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekgui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eykwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eskui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yckwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ujkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eqwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heckwith | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ekwi
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