Chekam Surname
Approximately 1,003 people bear this surname
Chekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 970 | 1:21,411 | 2,916 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Chekam (46) may also be a first name.
Chekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekam (Marathi: चेकम) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chekam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 360,858th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,265,749 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chekam live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chekam is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 46 people.
Chekam is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 21,411. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 35 percent live, Littoral Region, where 35 percent live and Centre Region, where 27 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chekam in the Marathi language | ||
| चेकम | cekama | 66.67 |
| चेकाम | cekama | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Chekam
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