Chekerwa Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Chekerwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 248 | 1:62,251 | 9,387 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chekerwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekerwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekerwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chekerwa is the 1,017,412th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Chekerwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekerwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 62,251. In Zimbabwe Chekerwa is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 37 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 20 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Chekerwa is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shekerwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Chekerva | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chikerwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hikerwa | 80 | 151 | / |
| Sekerwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chikorwa | 75 | 356 | / |
| Chakirwa | 75 | 28 | / |
| Chekarua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shikerwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chokorwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cekerwoth | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chakarwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chokeruay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jikerwa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sekrewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chekirui | 63 | 42 | / |
| Sekerbay | 63 | 21 | / |
| Şekerbay | 63 | 18 | / |
| Sekerbai | 63 | 10 | / |
| Sichirwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shekirua | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sikirwai | 50 | 30 | / |
| Höckerbo | 50 | 24 | / |
| Sekerbey | 50 | 9 | / |
| Ciecirua | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hickerby | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Chekerwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis