Chekapu Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Chekapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 83 | 1:190,963 | 12,723 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Chekapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekapu is most common in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekapu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. Chekapu is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chekapu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chekapu is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 190,963. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 39 percent live and Luapula Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chekkapu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Hekapu | 92 | 16 | / |
| Chakapu | 86 | 184 | / |
| Chikapu | 86 | 151 | / |
| Chokapu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Chokkapu | 80 | 3,677 | / |
| Chakkapu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Chikkapu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Chikatpu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Chikapup | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chikapfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chokappu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chokkappu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chhokkapu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chokkaapu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chakkaapu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chokaapuu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chakopu | 71 | 35 | / |
| Chikopu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Chiqapu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chokkopu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jecapu | 62 | 5 | / |
| Chokopeu | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Chekapu
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