Jekwu Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Jekwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jekwu (277) may also be a first name.
Jekwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jekwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jekwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jekwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jekwu is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Jekwu reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jekwu is also the 533,704th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 277 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 26 percent reside, Abia, where 19 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ijekwu | 91 | 11 | / |
| Jekweu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ejiekwu | 83 | 114 | / |
| Ijeukwu | 83 | 57 | / |
| Ekwau | 80 | 281 | / |
| Ekweu | 80 | 153 | / |
| Ekwuh | 80 | 16 | / |
| Jegwu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ekwou | 80 | 8 | / |
| Egkwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sekwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zekwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gekwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Jikwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ejkwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ejiekgwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ijegwu | 73 | 86 | / |
| Zeukwu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ihekwu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ijikwu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yenkwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Genkwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sekweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zekwau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ieikwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iheukwu | 67 | 278 | / |
| Ijeagwu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ijiokwu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ajiegwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ejiegwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iheakwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ijeugwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ojujkwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojiegwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yekwouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhiekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihenkwu | 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 Jekwu
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