Okechuku Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okechuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okechuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3151:562,35827,325
England201:2,785,90397,972
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Okechuku (2,637) may also be a first name.

Okechuku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okechuku is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okechuku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 777,192nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name Okechuku is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Okechuku live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okechuku is also the 143,013th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,637 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 562,358. In Nigeria Okechuku is most frequent in: Rivers, where 17 percent live, Abia, where 10 percent live and Ebonyi, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Okechuku Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Okechuku earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.6% less than the national average, earning $47,396 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okechukeu9416/
Okechukuu945/
Okechueku942/
Okechukhu941/
Okechucku941/
Okeychuku941/
Okiechuku941/
Ekechuku8838/
Okachuku8828/
Ukechuku888/
Okochuku883/
Okechiku882/
Okehcuku881/
Akechuku881/
Akachuku7536/
Okachiku7510/
Ekechucu753/
Okachucu751/
Akachukeu711/
Akachiku6317/

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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 Okechuku
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