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
The surname Chekapu is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekapu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekapu is the 2,034,059th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Chekapu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chekapu are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chekapu is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 190,963. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 39 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found.
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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