Chengei Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Chengei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
Chengei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chengei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chengei is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chengei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Chengei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chengei are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Chengei is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 42 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Micronesia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Chengei
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