Chakaya Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Chakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 500 | 1:92,360 | 8,265 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 1:3,087,648 | 114,684 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chakaya (248) may also be a first name.
Chakaya Demographics
Chakaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chakaya (Oriya: ଚାକୟା) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakaya? popularity and diffusion
Chakaya is the 597,433rd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 13,987,612 people. The last name Chakaya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chakaya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 566,287th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 248 people.
The last name Chakaya is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 500 people, or 1 in 92,360. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kwale County, where 85 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 11 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Chakaya occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Chakaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (83%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାକୟା | cakaya | 33.33 |
| ଚକୟା | cakaya | 33.33 |
| ଚକାୟା | cakaya | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Chakaya
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