Chekanai Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Chekanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Chekanai (38) may also be a first name.
Chekanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekanai occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekanai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chekanai is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Chekanai is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekanai reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chekanai is also the 1,662,754th most widely held forename in the world, held by 38 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 441,093. In Zimbabwe Chekanai is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 57 percent are found, Harare Province, where 37 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 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 Chekanai
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