Chiekwe Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Chiekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 674 | 1:262,823 | 15,061 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Chiekwe (73) may also be a first name.
Chiekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiekwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chiekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiekwe is the 476,893rd most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiekwe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 262,823. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 20 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 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 Chiekwe
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