Chekame Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Chekame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chekame (11) may also be a first name.
Chekame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekame occurs most in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekame is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Chekame reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chekame is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name globally It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Besides Malawi Chekame occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Chekame
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