Chikwere Surname

624,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 491 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chikwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3281:540,06926,457
Zimbabwe1431:107,96014,912
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United States81:45,307,367917,113
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Chikwere (268) may also be a first name.

Chikwere Last Name Facts

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

Chikwere occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikwere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 624,505th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chikwere reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chikwere is also the 543,171st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 268 people.

Chikwere is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 540,069. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 38 percent are found, Rivers, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Chikwere exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.

Chikwere Last Name Statistics demography

Chikwere earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.44% more than the national average, earning $72,679 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
  • 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 Chikwere
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