Oyekwu Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Oyekwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Oyekwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyekwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyekwu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyekwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyekwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Oyekwu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Oyekwu is primarily found in: Kogi, where 85 percent reside, Delta, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Oyekwu exists in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyenkwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oyikwu | 83 | 384 | / |
| Ojekwu | 83 | 82 | / |
| Oyegwu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Oiekwu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Oyiokwu | 77 | 44 | / |
| Oyigkwu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oheakwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ohiekwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yekwouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eikwu | 73 | 50 | / |
| Oukwu | 73 | 48 | / |
| Ojkwu | 73 | 20 | / |
| Oikwu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ejkwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejekwu | 67 | 1,742 | / |
| Oyigwu | 67 | 369 | / |
| Ojakwu | 67 | 242 | / |
| Ejukwu | 67 | 124 | / |
| Ejokwu | 67 | 98 | / |
| Ajekwu | 67 | 88 | / |
| Ohukwu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ejikwu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ayegwu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Iyokwu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ayakwu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ijekwu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ujokwu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ijokwu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ojikwu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Iyakwu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eakwut | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ojegwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eiukwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayokwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eiokwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyagwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ejakwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owegwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyegbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euokwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eunkwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayecwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiokwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyikwu | 67 | 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 Oyekwu
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