Okeychukwu Surname

288,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okeychukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeychukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3261:133,5928,652
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okeychukwu (229) may also be a first name.

Okeychukwu Last Name Facts

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

Okeychukwu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeychukwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 288,746th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,487,610 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okeychukwu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeychukwu is also the 593,349th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 229 people.

The surname Okeychukwu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,326 people, or 1 in 133,592. In Nigeria Okeychukwu is most prevalent in: Anambra, where 80 percent reside, Imo, where 7 percent reside and Enugu, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Okeychukwu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

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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 Okeychukwu
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