Chesire Surname
Approximately 8,315 people bear this surname
Chesire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,133 | 1:5,678 | 784 |
| United States | 156 | 1:2,323,455 | 144,218 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
Chesire (1,213) may also be a first name.
Chesire Demographics
Chesire Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chesire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chesire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chesire occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chesire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 60,575th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 876,434 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chesire reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 227,353rd most numerous first name on earth, borne by 1,213 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,133 people, or 1 in 5,678. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Baringo County, where 50 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 15 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Chesire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chesire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chesire last name expanded 390 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 47 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chesire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chesire last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chesire surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.
Chesire earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.06% less than the national average, earning $40,101 USD per year.
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Chesire Reference & Research
Cheshire FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Chesire
- 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