Chikwem Surname
Approximately 1,422 people bear this surname
Chikwem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,382 | 1:128,179 | 8,370 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chikwem (230) may also be a first name.
Chikwem Demographics
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Chikwem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikwem is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,426th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,124,856 people. Chikwem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chikwem live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 591,855th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 230 people.
The surname Chikwem is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,382 people, or 1 in 128,179. In Nigeria Chikwem is most frequent in: Rivers, where 35 percent are found, Abia, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Chikwem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chikwem last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Chikwem earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.23% less than the national average, earning $40,028 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinkwem | 93 | 40 | / |
| Chikwuem | 93 | 7 | / |
| Chikweme | 93 | 7 | / |
| Chukwem | 86 | 22 | / |
| Chikuem | 86 | 5 | / |
| Chikwim | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chigwem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chukwuem | 80 | 9 | / |
| Chigweme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chukwuhem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigbem | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chukuem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chegwem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchiguem | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cikuim | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tshigweame | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cheguem | 57 | 224 | / |
| Chiquim | 57 | 148 | / |
| Chequim | 57 | 98 | / |
| Cheguim | 57 | 3 | / |
| Chiguim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chuquem | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chuquim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cheguhem | 53 | 35 | / |
| Tcheguem | 53 | 4 | / |
| Chesquim | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Chikwem
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