Wichendu Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wichendu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wichendu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1291:1,373,20053,624
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wichendu (29) may also be a first name.

Wichendu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wichendu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wichendu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,573,888th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wichendu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name globally, borne by 29 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 1,373,200. In Nigeria Wichendu is most frequent in: Rivers, where 96 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuchendu8819/
Wychendu881/
Bisendu676/
Bitchindou676/
Bigendu671/
Baigendhu591/
Bezindu533/
Bisindu531/
Bizindu531/
Besendu531/
Vijaindu502/
Baigindu501/
Bitsindu501/

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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 Wichendu
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