Ekwonu Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Ekwonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 234 | 1:757,020 | 34,256 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ekwonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwonu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwonu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Ekwonu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwonu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 757,020. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwuonu | 92 | 140 | / |
| Ekwounu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwoonu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwoenu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwonu | 83 | 182 | / |
| Ekwanu | 83 | 45 | / |
| Egwonu | 83 | 28 | / |
| Ekwenu | 83 | 18 | / |
| Akwonu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ikwonu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekuonu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwuonu | 77 | 2,411 | / |
| Ackwonu | 77 | 431 | / |
| Egwongu | 77 | 57 | / |
| Egwuonu | 77 | 50 | / |
| Ikwuonu | 77 | 48 | / |
| Ekwuanu | 77 | 35 | / |
| Akwuonu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ekwenou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwounu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwungu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwonnu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwuonnu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okkwuonu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwuonuu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwenu | 67 | 240 | / |
| Egbonu | 67 | 207 | / |
| Ogwonu | 67 | 171 | / |
| Ikwenu | 67 | 138 | / |
| Okuonu | 67 | 115 | / |
| Okwenu | 67 | 103 | / |
| Egwunu | 67 | 94 | / |
| Akwanu | 67 | 82 | / |
| Akuonu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Eguonu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ikuonu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Akwenu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Igwonu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Egwanu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ikwunu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eqwenu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agwonu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikwanu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ikggwuonu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwanu | 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 Ekwonu
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