Chijoke Surname
Approximately 1,893 people bear this surname
Chijoke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,880 | 1:94,225 | 6,494 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chijoke (11,265) may also be a first name.
Chijoke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chijoke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chijoke occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijoke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 216,733rd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,849,734 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chijoke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 56,575th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 11,265 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,880 people, or 1 in 94,225. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 25 percent reside, Enugu, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chijoke
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