Ndekwu Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ndekwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndekwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1551:1,142,85746,821
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ndekwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndekwu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndekwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Ndekwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ndekwu live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ndekwu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndokwu83137/
Ndikwu8336/
Ndakwu832/
Ndegwu831/
Nduikwu775/
Ndiegwu774/
Ndikwuh771/
Ndikwou771/
Nduikwus711/
Ndegbu6796/
Ndogwu673/
Ndigwu671/
Ndegbeu621/
Ndigwou621/
N'Degbeu57694/
N'Daigbeu5341/

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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 Ndekwu
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