Chesah Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chesah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chesah (13) may also be a first name.
Chesah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chesah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chesah is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chesah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chesah live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and Southwest Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 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 Chesah
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