Ekwoh Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Ekwoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
Ekwoh (70) may also be a first name.
Ekwoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwoh is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwoh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Ekwoh is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwoh live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Ekwoh is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hekwoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekwo | 89 | 4,073 | / |
| Okwoh | 80 | 101 | / |
| Ekwuo | 80 | 55 | / |
| Egwoh | 80 | 40 | / |
| Ekuoh | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ekwah | 80 | 15 | / |
| Akwoh | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ekwou | 80 | 8 | / |
| Eikwo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ekwoi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ikwoh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ekwoy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Enkwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Etkwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aekwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekouho | 73 | 40 | / |
| Ikwoha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekwott | 73 | 3 | / |
| Egwuoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ekwois | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwoot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ikwohe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yokwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akwo | 67 | 5,279 | / |
| Okwo | 67 | 4,017 | / |
| Ekwa | 67 | 2,735 | / |
| Ikwo | 67 | 1,448 | / |
| Ekuo | 67 | 650 | / |
| Egwo | 67 | 193 | / |
| Ikwuoha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jkwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eqwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etkwood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eankwah | 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
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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 Ekwoh
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