Erokwu Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
England

Erokwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erokwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Erokwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Erokwu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Erokwu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erokwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Erokwu live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Erokwu is primarily found in: Lagos, where 31 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 24 percent reside and Abia, where 21 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 27 percent reside.

Erokwu Last Name Statistics demography

Erokwu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.6% more than the national average, earning $61,531 USD per year.

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Iroegwu624/
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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 Erokwu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis