Ekwulu Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekwulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekwulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria801:2,214,28475,532
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ekwulu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekwulu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ekwulu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekwulu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwulu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria Ekwulu is most numerous in: Enugu, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 23 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Ekwulu is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwulou922/
Okwulu83184/
Ekwilu8344/
Ikwulu8342/
Akwulu8311/
Egwulu831/
Egwuelu77238/
Okwuelu7754/
Ejkwolu773/
Egweulu773/
Akwoulu772/
Ikwuelu772/
Oikwulu771/
Akwoulou719/
Akwouleu711/
Egbulu671,082/
Agwulu67123/
Ogwulu67111/
Igwulu6765/
Ikwilu6722/
Ecwilu6715/
Ogwuilu6224/
Egbului621/
Ekwolou621/
Igbulu5031/
Igwilu504/
Aquilu503/
Iguolu502/

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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
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  • 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 Ekwulu
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