Ojukwu Surname
Approximately 14,889 people bear this surname
Ojukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14,243 | 1:12,437 | 1,269 |
| United States | 261 | 1:1,388,732 | 96,054 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Ojukwu (1,462) may also be a first name.
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojoukwu | 92 | 52 | / |
| Ojiukwu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Oojukwu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ojukkwu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Uojukwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ojunkwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ojujkwu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ojugkwu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ojjukwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ojukwuu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ojuckwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hojukwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ojukwuh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jukwu | 91 | 31 | / |
| Ojokwu | 83 | 178 | / |
| Ujukwu | 83 | 155 | / |
| Ijukwu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ojugwu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Oyukwu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ouokwu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oiukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uoukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ohaukwu | 77 | 93 | / |
| Ijeukwu | 77 | 57 | / |
| Ujeukwu | 77 | 49 | / |
| Oyeukwu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ojiugwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ejeukwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ajaukwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oyiukwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Youkwou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohoukwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ujunkwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jokwu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aokwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jugwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajahukwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajieukwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ojogwu | 67 | 676 | / |
| Ejugwu | 67 | 524 | / |
| Ejokwu | 67 | 98 | / |
| Ajokwu | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ihukwu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ujokwu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ijokwu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ieukwu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eeokwu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ayokwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eiukwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ehukwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyugwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eiokwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eeukwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Euokwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yunkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiokwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oougwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojugbu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ojukwu
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