Ekwonwa Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Ekwonwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 327 | 1:541,721 | 26,511 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ekwonwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwonwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwonwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwonwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 825,152nd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The surname Ekwonwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekwonwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 541,721. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 23 percent reside, Abia, where 22 percent reside and Rivers, where 21 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ekwonwa
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