Chayeka Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Chayeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 726 | 1:72,922 | 7,614 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Chayeka (14) may also be a first name.
Chayeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chayeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chayeka is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chayeka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chayeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 462,174th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chayeka are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chayeka is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 726 people, or 1 in 72,922. In Tanzania Chayeka is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 64 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 26 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Chayeka exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 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 Chayeka
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