Echeonwu Surname

334,403rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Echeonwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Echeonwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0971:161,47910,113
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Echeonwu (24) may also be a first name.

Echeonwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Echeonwu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Echeonwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 334,403rd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Echeonwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Echeonwu is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name Echeonwu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,097 people, or 1 in 161,479. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 73 percent reside, Abia, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etcheonwu9427/
Echeonwwu941/
Echeoenwu941/
Eccheonwu941/
Echieonwu941/
Icheonwu8817/
Ocheonwu886/
Ezeonwu80236/
Ejeonwu803/
Ochionwu758/
Ikeonwu6717/
Ishionwu6323/
Ikeyionwu593/
Ejianwu5311/
Ijionwu531/

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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 Echeonwu
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