Ekwuru Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Ekwuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 309 | 1:573,278 | 27,744 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
Ekwuru (23) may also be a first name.
Ekwuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwuru occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwuru? popularity and diffusion
Ekwuru is the 847,909th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekwuru live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 23 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria Ekwuru is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Abia, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Ekwuru occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwurru | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okwuru | 83 | 715 | / |
| Akwuru | 83 | 81 | / |
| Egwuru | 83 | 81 | / |
| Ekwiru | 83 | 33 | / |
| Ekworu | 83 | 29 | / |
| Ikwuru | 83 | 16 | / |
| Okgwuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikgwuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuruh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuru | 67 | 672 | / |
| Egburu | 67 | 255 | / |
| Agwuru | 67 | 36 | / |
| Igwuru | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eguoru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwiru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egwiru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egworu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oghwuru | 62 | 28 | / |
| Ogwwuru | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ogwurruu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Oghwuruu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Igburu | 50 | 245 | / |
| Aquiru | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ogwiru | 50 | 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 Ekwuru
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