Ekwule Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Ekwule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
Ekwule (29) may also be a first name.
Ekwule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwule occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekwule.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwule? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. Ekwule occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwule are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.
Ekwule is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria Ekwule is most frequent in: Benue, where 61 percent reside, Kogi, where 28 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwuele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwule | 83 | 23 | / |
| Akwule | 83 | 22 | / |
| Ekwole | 83 | 3 | / |
| Egwule | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ikwule | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwula | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuli | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekwueli | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ikwulle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egwuele | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikwoule | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwulje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwulio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eckwould | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwueleh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwouleu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egbule | 67 | 4,992 | / |
| Igwule | 67 | 33 | / |
| Okwuli | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ekwili | 67 | 22 | / |
| Agwule | 67 | 13 | / |
| Egwula | 67 | 9 | / |
| Egwole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwulahie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Equile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwile | 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 Ekwule
- 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