Chegome Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chegome Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chegome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1191:388,06622,003
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Chegome Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chegome Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chegome occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chegome? popularity and diffusion

Chegome is the 1,658,108th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Chegome is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chegome are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Chegome is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 388,066. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 57 percent live, Nakuru County, where 40 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Chegome Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Chegome surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Chegome
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