Cheteka Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Cheteka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheteka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya191:2,430,52136,895
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Cheteka (22) may also be a first name.

Cheteka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cheteka is found most in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheteka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Cheteka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheteka are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,430,521. In Kenya Cheteka is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 47 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 47 percent are found and Makueni County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Cheteka occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 38 percent are found and Malawi, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Cheteka
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