Chekenya Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Chekenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 243 | 1:217,867 | 18,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 217 | 1:71,144 | 10,577 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chekenya (12) may also be a first name.
Chekenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekenya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 651,048th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekenya are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The surname Chekenya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 217,867. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 86 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 47 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chekenya
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