Chekey Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Chekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 5 | 1:123,208 | 891 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Chekey (52) may also be a first name.
Chekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekey (Russian: Чекей, Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐྱིད་) is carried by more people in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Chekey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekey is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Chekey are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 28 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,381,723rd most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 52 people.
The surname is most widely held in Bhutan, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 123,208. In Bhutan it is primarily found in: Mongar District, where 40 percent reside, Trashigang District, where 40 percent reside and Pemagatshel District, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Bhutan it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent reside and Russia, where 22 percent reside.
Chekey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chekey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chekey last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་སྐྱིད་ | chökyi | 73.33 |
| ཆོས་སྐྱིད། | chökyi | 23.33 |
| ཆོས་སྐྱིད | chökyi | 3.33 |
| Chekey in the Russian language | ||
| Чекей | cekej | - |
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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
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- 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 Chekey
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