Okechukw Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Okechukw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Okechukw (78) may also be a first name.
Okechukw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okechukw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okechukw occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okechukw click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okechukw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Okechukw are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okechukw is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 78 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Okechukw is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Abia, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and China, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Okechukw
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