Chesikwa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Chesikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Chesikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chesikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chesikwa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chesikwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chesikwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Chesikwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent live and West Pokot County, where 50 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 43 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisikwa | 88 | 325 | / |
| Chasikwa | 88 | 14 | / |
| Chishikwa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chisikwah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zesikwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chasekwa | 75 | 210 | / |
| Chijekwa | 75 | 22 | / |
| Tsesikwa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Chisekwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigikwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaisekwa | 71 | 14 | / |
| Cheshekwo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chaijikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seatsikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chashigwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sisikwa | 67 | 126 | / |
| Kisikwa | 67 | 86 | / |
| Kesekwa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kesigwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Zesigwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chishingwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jisikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gisikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gesigwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshishikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sesigwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheshekwuo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chesikwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis