Cheg Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Cheg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 45 | 1:1,026,220 | 34,572 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Cheg (40) may also be a first name.
Cheg Demographics
Average Cheg Salary in
England
£16,684
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Cheg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheg (Hindi: चेग, Marathi: चॅग, Russian: Чег, Tibetan: ཅེགས་) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cheg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheg? popularity and diffusion
Cheg is the 2,075,631st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Cheg live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,026,220. In Kenya Cheg is most frequent in: Nyandarua County, where 98 percent are found and Muranga County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheg in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅེགས་ | chek | - |
| Cheg in the Hindi language | ||
| चेग | cega | - |
| Cheg in the Marathi language | ||
| चॅग | cega | - |
| Cheg in the Russian language | ||
| Чег | ceg | - |
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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 Cheg
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