Obichukwu Surname

324,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obichukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obichukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1081:159,87610,025
England281:1,989,93178,001
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obichukwu (517) may also be a first name.

Obichukwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obichukwu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obichukwu? popularity and diffusion

Obichukwu is the 324,001st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,336,996 people. The last name Obichukwu is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obichukwu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obichukwu is also the 371,657th most frequent first name globally, held by 517 people.

The last name Obichukwu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,108 people, or 1 in 159,876. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 25 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Obichukwu Last Name Statistics demography

Obichukwu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.32% less than the national average, earning R 30,144 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
  • 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 Obichukwu
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