Chekwe Surname
Approximately 715 people bear this surname
Chekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | 300 | 1:52,833 | 4,929 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chekwe (11) may also be a first name.
Chekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chekwe is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 469,804th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,192,372 people. The surname Chekwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekwe reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live and Iringa Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 42 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
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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 Chekwe
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