Cheyo Surname
Approximately 15,449 people bear this surname
Cheyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13,644 | 1:3,880 | 541 |
| Malawi | 1,516 | 1:11,292 | 1,733 |
| Thailand | 243 | 1:290,693 | 50,038 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Cheyo (746) may also be a first name.
Cheyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheyo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cheyo.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheyo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 34,311th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 471,716 people. Cheyo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Cheyo are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 301,048th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 746 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 13,644 people, or 1 in 3,880. In Tanzania Cheyo is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 27 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 14 percent live and Tabora Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 2 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 Cheyo
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