Ilechukwu Surname

159,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ilechukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilechukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,6461:66,9474,894
England361:1,547,72466,012
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Ilechukwu (83) may also be a first name.

Ilechukwu Last Name Facts

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

Ilechukwu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ilechukwu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilechukwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 159,515th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,663,577 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ilechukwu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 83 people.

The surname Ilechukwu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,646 people, or 1 in 66,947. In Nigeria Ilechukwu is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Ilechukwu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ilechukwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning R 254,352 per year; in United States they earn 78.05% more than the national average, earning $76,828 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.21% more than the national average, earning $49,787 CAD 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
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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 Ilechukwu
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