Chesum Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Chesum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 497 | 1:92,917 | 8,312 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Chesum (25) may also be a first name.
Chesum Demographics
Chesum Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chesum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chesum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chesum (Tibetan: ཆོས་གསུམ།) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chesum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 616,129th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chesum live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chesum is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 25 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 92,917. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 34 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 23 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Chesum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chesum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chesum in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་གསུམ། | chösum | - |
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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
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- 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 Chesum
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