Ekwong Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Ekwong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Uganda | 76 | 1:513,675 | 29,105 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
Ekwong (70) may also be a first name.
Ekwong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwong is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekwong.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,369,340th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekwong live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekwong is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 70 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 58 percent are found, Cross River, where 34 percent are found and Abia, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 47 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aekwong | 92 | 9 | / |
| Eakwong | 92 | 8 | / |
| Okwong | 83 | 4,504 | / |
| Ekwang | 83 | 2,604 | / |
| Akwong | 83 | 256 | / |
| Ikwong | 83 | 65 | / |
| Egwong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aegwong | 77 | 16 | / |
| Okwuong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Engwong | 77 | 3 | / |
| Inkwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yokwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwoong | 77 | 1 | / |
| O'Kwong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hekwang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwoyng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwongh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwangue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hengwong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heukwang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hoikwong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwang | 67 | 2,852 | / |
| Okwang | 67 | 1,726 | / |
| Egwang | 67 | 873 | / |
| Egbong | 67 | 689 | / |
| Ekuang | 67 | 338 | / |
| Ikwang | 67 | 162 | / |
| Egwung | 67 | 32 | / |
| Akuong | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oqwong | 67 | 9 | / |
| Equong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ocwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwung | 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
- 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 Ekwong
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis