Ekwoanya Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Ekwoanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekwoanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwoanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwoanya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwoanya? popularity and diffusion
Ekwoanya is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ekwoanya are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 30 percent are found, Kaduna, where 29 percent are found and Rivers, where 16 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ekwoanya
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