Chukwu Surname
Approximately 368,570 people bear this surname
Chukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 363,525 | 1:487 | 58 |
| Ghana | 2,147 | 1:12,585 | 1,652 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| United States | 737 | 1:491,803 | 41,508 |
| England | 416 | 1:133,938 | 13,173 |
| South Africa | 196 | 1:276,417 | 27,312 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Spain | 80 | 1:584,400 | 27,603 |
| Iceland | 35 | 1:10,860 | 1,018 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 1:87,859 | 5,745 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Chukwu (45,375) may also be a first name.
Chukwu Demographics
Chukwu Political Affiliation
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Chukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chukwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chukwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chukwu is the 1,456th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,772 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chukwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 20,065th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 45,375 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 363,525 people, or 1 in 487. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Anambra, where 18 percent live, Imo, where 16 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 78 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent live and Togo, where 0 percent live.
Chukwu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Chukwu surname are 38.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chukwu earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 19.75% less than the national average, earning 277,743 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.89% more than the national average, earning R 292,044 per year; in United States they earn 3.14% less than the national average, earning $41,795 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.04% less than the national average, earning $48,667 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckwu | 92 | 243 | / |
| Chukkwu | 92 | 51 | / |
| Chukwuu | 92 | 29 | / |
| Chukwwu | 92 | 23 | / |
| Chuukwu | 92 | 22 | / |
| Cheukwu | 92 | 19 | / |
| Chuikwu | 92 | 10 | / |
| Chutkwu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Chhukwu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Tchukwu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Chukwuh | 92 | 4 | / |
| Chukwhu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Chukcwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Chuhkwu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Chukwuz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chukwui | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chujkwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Choukwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chgukwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hchukwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chukwut | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cukwu | 91 | 36 | / |
| Hukwu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Chukwuua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chuckhwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chucckwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chukkkwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dchukwuu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cheukwuu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chikwu | 83 | 249 | / |
| Chokwu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Cuhkwu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Chugwu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Hcukwu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Caukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cuckwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uanchukwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chuckwuha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chiekwu | 77 | 81 | / |
| Chikwau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chikweu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jukwu | 73 | 31 | / |
| Zukwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chaungwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chuckwoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chugbu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zeukwu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chogwu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tchougweu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chigwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchougwou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Chukwu
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