Ekwugha Surname
Approximately 856 people bear this surname
Ekwugha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 830 | 1:213,425 | 12,675 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ekwugha (23) may also be a first name.
Ekwugha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwugha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwugha is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwugha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekwugha is the 408,463rd most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,513,488 people. The last name Ekwugha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwugha live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 23 people.
The surname Ekwugha is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 830 people, or 1 in 213,425. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 22 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Rivers, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwughaa | 93 | 8 | / |
| Ekwuugha | 93 | 6 | / |
| Ekwungha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekwughoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwughe | 86 | 111 | / |
| Okwugha | 86 | 9 | / |
| Egwugha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ikwugha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuhga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okwughai | 80 | 11 | / |
| Okwuegha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okwuga | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ekwugo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Egwuga | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekwuge | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ikwuga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egbugha | 71 | 87 | / |
| Ekweugo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Eekwugo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwuiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweuge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwaughe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Egbougha | 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 Ekwugha
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