Chukwe Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Chukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chukwe (54) may also be a first name.
Chukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chukwe is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chukwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,121,821st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chukwe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 54 people.
The surname Chukwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 30 percent reside, Enugu, where 16 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Chukwe exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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 Chukwe
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