Ikechuku Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ikechuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikechuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2421:731,99533,424
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ikechuku (702) may also be a first name.

Ikechuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ikechuku occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikechuku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,028,911th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Ikechuku occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikechuku reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 311,884th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 702 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 12 percent reside, Edo, where 9 percent reside and Delta, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Pakistan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ikechucku949/
Ikechukou941/
Ikechukku941/
Ekechuku8838/
Ukechuku888/
Ikechiku882/
Iketchoukou841/
Ukachuku7527/
Ekechucu753/
Ikeijuku751/
Ukachukeu711/
Ekejuku671/

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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 Ikechuku
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