Chukwuneye Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chukwuneye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chukwuneye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1891:937,26340,304
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Chukwuneye (225) may also be a first name.

Chukwuneye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chukwuneye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chukwuneye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,227,038th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chukwuneye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chukwuneye is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 225 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 937,263. In Nigeria Chukwuneye is most numerous in: Abia, where 30 percent reside, Rivers, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, 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
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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 Chukwuneye
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