Chikwue Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chikwue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chikwue (16) may also be a first name.
Chikwue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikwue is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwue? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwue reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held given name internationally, held by 16 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Chikwue is mostly found in: Abia, where 33 percent reside, Delta, where 28 percent reside and Lagos, where 18 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 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 Chikwue
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