Chegwe Surname
Approximately 868 people bear this surname
Chegwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 858 | 1:206,460 | 12,306 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chegwe (19) may also be a first name.
Chegwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chegwe occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chegwe is the 403,960th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,395,790 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chegwe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name in the world, held by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 858 people, or 1 in 206,460. In Nigeria Chegwe is primarily found in: Delta, where 61 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Edo, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chegwe
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