Cheghe Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Cheghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 406 | 1:51,155 | 6,691 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Cheghe (17) may also be a first name.
Cheghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheghe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻖ, Marathi: चेघे) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cheghe.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheghe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 697,244th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,228,241 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheghe live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally, held by 17 people.
The surname Cheghe is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 406 people, or 1 in 51,155. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Centre Region, where 14 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheghe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheghe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻖ | alshq | - |
| Cheghe in the Marathi language | ||
| चेघे | ceghe | - |
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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 Cheghe
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