Edokwe Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Edokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 238 | 1:744,297 | 33,840 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Edokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edokwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Edokwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Edokwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,032,007th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Edokwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Edokwe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 744,297. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 47 percent live, Kano, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edokhwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Adokwe | 83 | 629 | / |
| Odokwe | 83 | 45 | / |
| Edokwa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Idokwe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Edekwe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Edukwe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Adokwei | 77 | 6 | / |
| Edoukwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Addokwei | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hedongwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edukwa | 67 | 247 | / |
| Edogue | 67 | 93 | / |
| Adekwe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Odekwe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Edoque | 67 | 11 | / |
| Adakwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Edogwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Odogwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Edegwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Edogbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Idekwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adogwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adokue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Idakwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Edukue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edoquw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idogwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idukwe | 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
- 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 Edokwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis