Chekwony Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Chekwony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 33 | 1:1,399,391 | 35,649 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Chekwony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekwony Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekwony is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekwony? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chekwony is the 3,323,005th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chekwony reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Chekwony is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,399,391. In Kenya Chekwony is mostly found in: Bomet County, where 85 percent reside, Kericho County, where 12 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetkwony | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chekuony | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chekwone | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chengwony | 82 | 3 | / |
| Chankwony | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chekwanyi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Changkwony | 78 | 6 | / |
| Chekwane | 75 | 7 | / |
| Chekwana | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chekwani | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chagwony | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chekwune | 75 | 1 | / |
| Changwony | 71 | 3,416 | / |
| Chongwony | 71 | 178 | / |
| Chikwanyi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Chemkwani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chekwaner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwonge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwonha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Changwonyi | 67 | 5 | / |
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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 Chekwony
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