Okuchukwu Surname
Approximately 448 people bear this surname
Okuchukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 442 | 1:400,775 | 21,048 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okuchukwu (283) may also be a first name.
Okuchukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuchukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okuchukwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuchukwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 668,257th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okuchukwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okuchukwu is also the 526,385th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 283 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 400,775. In Nigeria Okuchukwu is most numerous in: Delta, where 49 percent are found, Edo, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okuechukwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okochukwu | 89 | 537 | / |
| Akuchukwu | 89 | 242 | / |
| Ocuchukwu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okichukwu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ukauchukwu | 84 | 3 | / |
| Akuchukwau | 84 | 2 | / |
| Akuchuckwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ogkochukwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Okoechukwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ukochukwu | 78 | 45 | / |
| Akochukwu | 78 | 11 | / |
| Okochokwu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ugcochukwu | 74 | 1 | / |
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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 Okuchukwu
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