Chemengich Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chemengich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chemengich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3281:140,79211,399
Uganda921:424,34025,938

Chemengich (53) may also be a first name.

Chemengich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chemengich is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chemengich.

How Common Is The Last Name Chemengich? popularity and diffusion

It is the 701,000th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemengich live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 53 people.

The surname Chemengich is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 140,792. In Kenya it is most common in: Bungoma County, where 35 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 33 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 30 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent are found.

Chemengich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Chemengich last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Chemengich
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