Chegeh Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Chegeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chegeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chegeh is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegeh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Chegeh is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chegeh reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya Chegeh is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 64 percent are found, Embu County, where 7 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 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 Chegeh
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