Chekula Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Chekula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chekula (27) may also be a first name.
Chekula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekula (Marathi: चेकुला, Russian: Чекула, Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐུ་ལ།) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekula? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484,726th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Chekula is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Chekula live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Chekula is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 94 percent are found and Benue, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 25 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chekula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chekula in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་སྐུ་ལ། | chökula | - |
| Chekula in the Marathi language | ||
| चेकुला | cekula | - |
| Chekula in the Russian language | ||
| Чекула | cekula | - |
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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 Chekula
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