Ojukwu Surname

35,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ojukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria14,2431:12,4371,269
United States2611:1,388,73296,054
England1551:359,47125,733
Kenya711:650,42129,207
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
China51:273,464,31313,838
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Ojukwu (1,462) may also be a first name.

Ojukwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ojukwu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ojukwu.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojukwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,483rd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 489,458 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ojukwu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 203,815th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 1,462 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14,243 people, or 1 in 12,437. In Nigeria Ojukwu is most common in: Abia, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Enugu, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Ojukwu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Ojukwu last name is predominantly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Ojukwu surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Ojukwu earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning R 250,080 per year; in United States they earn 7.77% more than the national average, earning $46,501 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.17% less than the national average, earning $43,141 CAD 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 Ojukwu
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