Cheramba Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Cheramba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheramba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya741:624,05328,587
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Cheramba (62) may also be a first name.

Cheramba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cheramba occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheramba? popularity and diffusion

Cheramba is the 2,185,341st most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Cheramba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheramba are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Cheramba is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 62 people.

The last name Cheramba is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 99 percent live and West Pokot County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Cheramba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Cheramba surname 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 Cheramba
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