Ekwueme Surname
Approximately 10,573 people bear this surname
Ekwueme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,289 | 1:17,217 | 1,638 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Ekwueme (489) may also be a first name.
Ekwueme Demographics
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Ekwueme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwueme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekwueme is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwueme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,728th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 689,260 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekwueme live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 384,341st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 489 people.
Ekwueme is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10,289 people, or 1 in 17,217. In Nigeria Ekwueme is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 38 percent reside, Abia, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Ekwueme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ekwueme last name are 29.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 82.35% registered with the political party.
Ekwueme earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.17% more than the national average, earning $47,969 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwuemeh | 93 | 17 | / |
| Ekwwueme | 93 | 5 | / |
| Ekkwueme | 93 | 5 | / |
| Ekwuemea | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwueme | 93 | 1 | / |
| Eikwueme | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuemee | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekweme | 92 | 1,610 | / |
| Ekueme | 92 | 158 | / |
| Ekwume | 92 | 119 | / |
| Ekwuem | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ikwueme | 86 | 450 | / |
| Okwueme | 86 | 48 | / |
| Ekweume | 86 | 20 | / |
| Egwueme | 86 | 13 | / |
| Ekwuema | 86 | 8 | / |
| Akwueme | 86 | 8 | / |
| Ekwheme | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekweeme | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ekwoeme | 86 | 3 | / |
| Enkweme | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eskweme | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ekoueme | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eekwume | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwemge | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwveme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekweame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwem | 83 | 2,157 | / |
| Ikwuemeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekweemeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akueme | 77 | 246 | / |
| Okwume | 77 | 192 | / |
| Ekwema | 77 | 134 | / |
| Ikwume | 77 | 32 | / |
| Okweme | 77 | 28 | / |
| Egweme | 77 | 13 | / |
| Okueme | 77 | 12 | / |
| Egwume | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ekwemi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ikweme | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekwemm | 77 | 5 | / |
| Akweme | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwame | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekuema | 77 | 3 | / |
| Egueme | 77 | 3 | / |
| Equeme | 77 | 3 | / |
| Eekwem | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ikueme | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ezkwem | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwumi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwome | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eckwem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwuemi | 71 | 403 | / |
| Ikwuema | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okwumeh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekwemma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekweima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwumea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egoueme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwumeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okweime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwemei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eguem | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ikwem | 67 | 33 | / |
| Egwem | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ekwim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Equem | 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 Ekwueme
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