Okechuckwu Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okechuckwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okechuckwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Okechuckwu (95) may also be a first name.

Okechuckwu Last Name Facts

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

Okechuckwu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okechuckwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okechuckwu is the 2,372,517th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Okechuckwu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okechuckwu is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name globally It is held by 95 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Okechuckwu is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 25 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Okechuckwu
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