Arukwe Surname

119,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,7871:46,7773,629
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Norway101:514,22941,629
England91:6,190,895170,599
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Arukwe (106) may also be a first name.

Arukwe Last Name Facts

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

Arukwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Arukwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arukwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 119,439th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,893,853 people. The surname Arukwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Arukwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 915,176th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 106 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,787 people, or 1 in 46,777. In Nigeria Arukwe is most prevalent in: Abia, where 18 percent reside, Imo, where 18 percent reside and Borno, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Arukwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (56%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Arukwe surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.86% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Arukwe earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning 291,534 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.41% more than the national average, earning $47,640 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arukweh9215/
Aruekwe9212/
Arunkwe924/
Arukwue923/
Aarukwe921/
Aroukwe921/
Garoukwe861/
Erukwe8379/
Arokwe8377/
Arikwe8369/
Arukwa833/
Arugwe832/
Arukue831/
Orukwe831/
Arukwai7741/
Oraukwe777/
Arikwei772/
Arungwe772/
Ariekwe771/
Arzukwa771/
Ourukwed711/
Arique67760/
Arigwe6794/
Arugbe6724/
Orokwe6717/
Orukwa6715/
Erikwe6713/
Arugwa6713/
Arokwa673/
Orikwe672/
Arugue671/
Arogwe671/

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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
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  • 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 Arukwe
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