Chemwok Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Chemwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 531 | 1:86,968 | 7,883 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
Chemwok (131) may also be a first name.
Chemwok Demographics
Chemwok Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chemwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemwok is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemwok? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 573,706th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. Chemwok occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemwok live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chemwok is also the 811,108th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 131 people.
The surname Chemwok is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 531 people, or 1 in 86,968. In Kenya Chemwok is mostly concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 66 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 25 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Chemwok Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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 Chemwok
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