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
The last name Chekele occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekele is the 3,055,934th most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekele reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chekele is also the 1,257,960th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 61 people.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 94 percent reside and Free State, where 6 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Chekele
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