Okechkwu Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Okechkwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Okechkwu (128) may also be a first name.
Okechkwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okechkwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okechkwu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okechkwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okechkwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okechkwu is also the 821,896th most widely held forename globally, held by 128 people.
The surname Okechkwu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria Okechkwu is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 24 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Edo, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 1 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 Okechkwu
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