Ekwunife Surname

213,822nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,925 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Ekwunife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekwunife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8491:95,8056,573
United States401:9,061,473385,835
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England111:5,065,278148,650
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ekwunife (124) may also be a first name.

Ekwunife Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Ekwunife? popularity and diffusion

Ekwunife is the 213,822nd most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,785,738 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekwunife are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekwunife is also the 836,439th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 124 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,849 people, or 1 in 95,805. In Nigeria Ekwunife is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Delta, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Ekwunife Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ekwunife surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.54% registered with the political party.

The amount Ekwunife earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.46% less than the national average, earning R 41,688 per year and in United States they earn 25.39% more than the national average, earning $54,106 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekwunaife943/
Ekwonife8810/
Ikwunife886/
Ekwinife885/
Ekwunefe884/
Ekwunafe881/
Ekwunief881/
Ekwunifa881/
Egwunife881/
Egbunefe631/

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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 Ekwunife
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