Chekwais Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Chekwais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chekwais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekwais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekwais is most common in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekwais? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekwais is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekwais are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kapchorwa District, where 83 percent reside and Kween District, where 17 percent reside. Not including Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, 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 Chekwais
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