Chekele Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Chekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chekele (61) may also be a first name.
Chekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekele occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Chekele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekele are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 46 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 61 people.
The surname Chekele is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Chekele is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 94 percent live and Free State, where 6 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
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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 Chekele
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