Chkwu Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Chkwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chkwu (15) may also be a first name.
Chkwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chkwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chkwu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chkwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chkwu is the 1,736,881st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chkwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Chkwu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 35 percent live, Ebonyi, where 25 percent live and Delta, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria Chkwu exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chkwu
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