Chekenyu Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Chekenyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chekenyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekenyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekenyu is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekenyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,980,395th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Chekenyu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chekenyu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 175,435. In Zimbabwe Chekenyu is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 26 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 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 Chekenyu
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