Chege Surname
Approximately 89,929 people bear this surname
Chege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 88,135 | 1:524 | 69 |
| United States | 518 | 1:699,728 | 55,357 |
| Tanzania | 299 | 1:177,062 | 15,458 |
| India | 275 | 1:2,789,329 | 85,809 |
| England | 160 | 1:348,238 | 25,208 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
The alternate forms: Chegé (1) are calculated separately.
Chege (23,319) may also be a first name.
Chege Demographics
Chege Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chege (Marathi: चेगे, Russian: Чеге) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Chegé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chege? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,286th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 81,037 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chege reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chege is also the 33,712th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 23,319 people.
The surname Chege is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 88,135 people, or 1 in 524. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 22 percent live, Muranga County, where 18 percent live and Nakuru County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Kenya Chege occurs in 52 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Chege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Chege last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chege surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the political party.
The amount Chege earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 15.04% more than the national average, earning $49,640 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.98% less than the national average, earning $29,819 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chege in the Marathi language | ||
| चेगे | cege | 96.15 |
| चेगेाज | cegeaja | 3.85 |
| Chege in the Russian language | ||
| Чеге | cege | - |
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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 Chege
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