Nchukwu Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nchukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nchukwu 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
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nchukwu (43) may also be a first name.

Nchukwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nchukwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nchukwu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchukwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nchukwu is the 2,436,415th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchukwu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 43 people.

Nchukwu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Nchukwu is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 82 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Abia, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria Nchukwu occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 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
Nchaukwu931/
Nchikwu8615/
Nzukwu772/
Nzeukwu71224/
Njaukwu713/
Nzoukwu711/
Njuckwu711/
Njuikweu671/
Nzeugwu571/
Njeugweu531/

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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 Nchukwu
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