Okwuchukwu Surname
Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname
Okwuchukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,522 | 1:116,388 | 7,713 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okwuchukwu (5,334) may also be a first name.
Okwuchukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwuchukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwuchukwu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwuchukwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 255,670th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,722,972 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okwuchukwu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okwuchukwu is also the 92,346th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 5,334 people.
The surname Okwuchukwu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,522 people, or 1 in 116,388. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Delta, where 11 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwuchuukwu | 95 | 2 | / |
| Okwucukwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Okwwuchukwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ukwuchukwu | 90 | 14 | / |
| Okwuchikwu | 90 | 9 | / |
| Ogwuchukwu | 90 | 5 | / |
| Okwochukwu | 90 | 3 | / |
| Egwuchukwu | 80 | 340 | / |
| Ugwuchukwu | 80 | 77 | / |
| Agwuchukwu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Ogwochukwu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Oguochukwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egwuchikwu | 70 | 4 | / |
| Ugwochukwu | 70 | 2 | / |
| Uguochukwu | 70 | 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 Okwuchukwu
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