Chekesa Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chekesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chekesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1111:139,08318,071
Tanzania851:622,84338,112
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chekesa (23) may also be a first name.

Chekesa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chekesa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chekesa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chekesa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chekesa is the 1,133,308th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekesa live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chekesa is also the 2,239,265th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 139,083. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 55 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 42 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 8 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 Chekesa
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