Chikwendu Surname

93,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,085 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chikwendu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikwendu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,6171:38,3683,091
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
United States461:7,879,542351,394
England421:1,326,62059,571
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Chikwendu (1,987) may also be a first name.

Chikwendu Last Name Facts

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

Chikwendu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikwendu? popularity and diffusion

Chikwendu is the 93,749th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,433,146 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chikwendu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chikwendu is also the 169,657th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,987 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,617 people, or 1 in 38,368. In Nigeria Chikwendu is most prevalent in: Abia, where 39 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Chikwendu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Chikwendu surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Chikwendu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.03% less than the national average, earning R 28,452 per year and in United States they earn 28.98% more than the national average, earning $55,654 USD per year.

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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 Chikwendu
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