Ochu Surname
Approximately 5,174 people bear this surname
Ochu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,024 | 1:35,259 | 2,874 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Ochu (615) may also be a first name.
Ochu Demographics
Ochu Political Affiliation
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Ochu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochu (Marathi: ओचु, Tibetan: ཨོ་ཅུ།) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 92,366th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,408,494 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ochu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ochu is also the 336,805th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 615 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,024 people, or 1 in 35,259. In Nigeria Ochu is primarily found in: Abia, where 20 percent live, Enugu, where 18 percent live and Kogi, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Ochu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (90%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Ochu are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ochu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.15% more than the national average, earning R 461,376 per year and in United States they earn 11.4% more than the national average, earning $48,070 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ochu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ochu in the Marathi language | ||
| ओचु | ocu | 66.67 |
| ओचू | ocu | 33.33 |
| Ochu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོ་ཅུ། | ochu | 50 |
| ཨོ་ཆུ། | ochu | 50 |
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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 Ochu
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