Equa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Equa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Equa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Equa (22) may also be a first name.

Equa Last Name Facts

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

Equa is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Equa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Equa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Equa is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Equa reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 67 percent are found and Lagos, where 33 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Equa exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Equai8937/
Esqua899/
Equat898/
Equas892/
Euqua891/
Equea891/
Equay891/
Equah891/
Eqa863/
Esquea803,106/
Hesqua80151/
Ezquea8011/
Esquat802/
Ecquah802/
Esquah802/
Heaqua801/
Esquca801/
Equhua801/
Equais801/
Esquay801/
Oqua75997/
Aqua75624/
Euka75432/
Egua75428/
Ekua75149/
Ecua7564/
Iqua7512/
Eqat759/
Equo755/
Euca754/
Eaqa754/
Eqwa753/
Ecqa753/
Eqaz753/
Eqah752/
Jqua751/
Eqka751/
Eqea751/
Aeqa751/
Geqa751/
Yqua751/
Eqad751/
Eqaj751/
Eqga751/
Heqa751/
Eqau750/
Esquash7333/
Esqueas7310/
Hesquay739/
Esqueaz731/
Aquah671,152/
Equey67676/
Aquea67378/
Equoy67133/
Eguah6792/
Equot6776/
Oquah6760/
Aquay6746/
Aquai6743/
Haqua6737/
Eguea6737/
Heuka6734/
Eguay6729/
Ekwua6723/
Esgua6723/
Hoqua6716/
Egwua6716/
Ekuap6714/
Equoi6713/
Heqwa6712/
Equeault6711/
Aquwa677/
Ecuat677/
Iquah677/
Iekua676/
Eqout676/
Hekua676/
Escua675/
Eggua674/
Aqqua674/
Iquat674/
Jieqa674/
Heuca673/
Eakua672/
Eiqah672/
Aquka672/
Gekua672/
Hegua672/
Oquea671/
Hequeaux671/
Heuqa671/
Eukaj671/
Iquai671/
Iquea671/
Ezqau671/
Ekqai671/
Eaqas671/
Oquka671/
Gecua671/
Ekuoa671/
Eukea671/
Ecuad671/
Ekuae671/
Eqwai671/
Eguai671/
Eagua671/
Eukwa671/
Akqua671/
Ekqad671/
Esqah671/
Esqas671/
Eygua671/
Eqaux671/
Eqkas671/
Oquay670/

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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 Equa
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