Okechuwku Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Okechuwku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okechuwku (86) may also be a first name.
Okechuwku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okechuwku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okechuwku is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okechuwku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okechuwku is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okechuwku are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most widely held given name globally It is held by 86 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 20 percent reside, Kaduna, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 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 Okechuwku
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