Chekere Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Chekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Chekere (26) may also be a first name.
Chekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekere is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chekere.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,220,661st most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Chekere occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekere live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 26 people.
The surname Chekere is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Chekere is most common in: Plateau, where 65 percent reside, Kogi, where 26 percent reside and Benue, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 14 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
- 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 Chekere
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