Ohochukwu Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohochukwu Surname User-submission:

The surname Ohochukwu (Owhochukwu) means 'Gods leadership'.

Ohochukwu 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
Nigeria2061:859,91637,696
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Ohochukwu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Ohochukwu (Owhochukwu) means 'Gods leadership'.

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DNA test information

Ohochukwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ohochukwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohochukwu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,121,821st most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ohochukwu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 859,916. In Nigeria Ohochukwu is mostly found in: Rivers, where 95 percent reside and Ekiti, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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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 Ohochukwu
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