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
Average Chege Salary in
United States
$49,640 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chege (Marathi: चेगे, Russian: Чеге) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Chegé. For other potential spellings of Chege click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chege is the 6,286th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 81,037 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chege live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chege is also the 33,712th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 23,319 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 88,135 people, or 1 in 524. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 22 percent are found, Muranga County, where 18 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Chege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chege last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chege last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the 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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