Ekechukwu Surname

103,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekechukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekechukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,3521:40,7043,243
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
England221:2,532,63991,802
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Dominica11:75,891912
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Ekechukwu (374) may also be a first name.

Ekechukwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekechukwu is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekechukwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 103,471st most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,603,773 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekechukwu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 448,725th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 374 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,352 people, or 1 in 40,704. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Ekechukwu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ekechukwu surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ekechukwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.88% less than the national average, earning R 52,560 per year and in United States they earn 29.65% more than the national average, earning $55,941 USD per year.

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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 Ekechukwu
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