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 occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekwong is the 1,369,340th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekwong live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 70 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Ekwong is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 58 percent reside, Cross River, where 34 percent reside and Abia, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 47 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.
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