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 most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chekwe is the 469,804th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,192,372 people. Chekwe occurs mostly 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 commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 11 people.
Chekwe is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Chekwe is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 42 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 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 Chekwe
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