Ekwom Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekwom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekwom Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1781:995,18442,110
Kenya231:2,007,82236,224
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ekwom (39) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Ekwom Demographics

Ekwom Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Ekwom Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekwom Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ekwom is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekwom.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekwom? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,173,425th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwom live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekwom is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 39 people.

The surname Ekwom is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Ekwom is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 27 percent are found, Cross River, where 24 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Ekwom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwome911/
Ekwam802,217/
Ekuom80714/
Egwom80305/
Akwom8040/
Ikwom8022/
Ekwum8019/
Okwom806/
Egwuom73176/
Ekwume73119/
Ikwome7363/
Egwoum7333/
Ekwame734/
Okwuom733/
Akwoum731/
Ikwuome6724/
Ekweume6720/
Ikwoume671/
Egwuhom671/
Eekwume671/
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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 Ekwom
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