Chikendu Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Chikendu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikendu (25) may also be a first name.
Chikendu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikendu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikendu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikendu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chikendu is the 1,148,257th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikendu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 25 people.
The surname Chikendu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 859,916. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 20 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Abia, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Chikendu
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