Chinweze Surname

311,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinweze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinweze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1521:153,7709,707
United States331:10,983,604436,696
England121:4,643,172139,951
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Chinweze (359) may also be a first name.

Chinweze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chinweze is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinweze? popularity and diffusion

It is the 311,581st most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,032,737 people. Chinweze is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chinweze are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 459,598th most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 359 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,152 people, or 1 in 153,770. In Nigeria Chinweze is mostly found in: Enugu, where 19 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Abia, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Chinweze Last Name Statistics demography

Chinweze earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.89% more than the national average, earning $61,224 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 Chinweze
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