Chekela Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Chekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chekela (52) may also be a first name.
Chekela Demographics
Average Chekela Salary in
South Africa
R 18,816
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chekela has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chekela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chekela live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chekela is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 52 people.
The surname Chekela is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 754,758. In Zambia Chekela is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 100 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Tanzania, where 20 percent live.
Chekela Last Name Statistics demography
Chekela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 92.08% less than the national average, earning R 18,816 per year.
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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 Chekela
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