Cekela Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Cekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cekela is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cekela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Cekela live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 406,512. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Qacha's Nek District, where 100 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Cekela
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