Ochieze Surname
Approximately 1,145 people bear this surname
Ochieze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,129 | 1:156,902 | 9,888 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Ochieze (137) may also be a first name.
Ochieze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochieze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ochieze is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochieze? popularity and diffusion
It is the 325,054th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,364,669 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ochieze live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochieze is also the 790,880th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 137 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,129 people, or 1 in 156,902. In Nigeria Ochieze is most prevalent in: Abia, where 63 percent live, Ebonyi, where 12 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Ochieze is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ochieze
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