Chibeze Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chibeze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chibeze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2631:673,54731,367
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Chibeze (800) may also be a first name.

Chibeze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chibeze occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chibeze? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 956,400th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chibeze reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 289,333rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 800 people.

Chibeze is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 673,547. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 18 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Abia, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and China, where 0 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
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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 Chibeze
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