Molukwu Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Molukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Molukwu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Molukwu Last Name Facts

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

Molukwu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Molukwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Molukwu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Molukwu is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Molukwu is most frequent in: Delta, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Kogi, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Molukwu is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molokwu862,985/
Malukwu861/
Muolokwu80273/
Mollokwu8014/
Moulokwu808/
Mmolokwu807/
Molokkwu803/
Molokwwu802/
Mmuolokwu7511/
Malokwu71134/
Malikwu7116/
Mulokwu711/
Malugbu574/
Maliqueu5315/
Malougbeu501/
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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 Molukwu
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