Chinekwe Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chinekwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria911:1,946,62468,955
England41:13,929,515290,718

Chinekwe Last Name Facts

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

Chinekwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinekwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,907,068th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Chinekwe is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chinekwe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Chinekwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Abia, where 24 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tchinekwe9413/
Chinakwe88669/
Chinegwe882/
Chinikwe881/
Chinhakwe8265/
Chinakwue822/
Chinikwi751/
Chinikwa751/
Chinhikwi7113/
Tchinegue711/
Chineugue711/
Jinikwe67161/
Jenekwe673/
Zinekwi671/
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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 Chinekwe
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