Ekye Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Ekye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ekye (14) may also be a first name.
Ekye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ekye are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 14 people.
The last name Ekye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Ekye is most common in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Rivers, where 30 percent live and Nasarawa, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ekye
- 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