Kekeyi Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Kekeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kekeyi (154) may also be a first name.
Kekeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kekeyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kekeyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekeyi? popularity and diffusion
Kekeyi is the 1,674,734th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kekeyi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 740,891st most prevalent first name globally It is held by 154 people.
The surname Kekeyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria Kekeyi is mostly found in: Delta, where 38 percent live, Ondo, where 38 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 16 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kekeyi
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