Chekwech Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Chekwech Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a Kalenjin name given to first born twin.

Chekwech Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6711:58,1816,810
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Chekwech Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a Kalenjin name given to first born twin.

- knaibei
DNA test information

Chekwech Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chekwech Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chekwech is most common in Uganda. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chekwech? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 490,085th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekwech live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 671 people, or 1 in 58,181. In Uganda Chekwech is primarily found in: Kween District, where 40 percent reside, Kapchorwa District, where 40 percent reside and Bukwo District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chekwoech942/
Chekweche941/
Chekwich881/
Checkwec881/
Chikweche8259/
Checkwitch787/
Checkwicz7110/
Chigweche711/
Chikwez671/
Gegweech631/
Tshikuech591/
Chajkewicz562/
Chequez531/
Tshikwez5027/
Choquich5026/
Haiguech504/
Heckwitz500/
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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chekwech
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