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 has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chegeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chegeh is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chegeh live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 64 percent live, Embu County, where 7 percent live and Kajiado County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Kenya Chegeh exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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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