Chikamai Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Chikamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 930 | 1:49,656 | 5,059 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikamai (244) may also be a first name.
Chikamai Demographics
Chikamai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chikamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikamai is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chikamai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikamai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chikamai is the 379,929th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,760,965 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikamai reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chikamai is also the 571,890th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 244 people.
The surname Chikamai is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 930 people, or 1 in 49,656. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 89 percent live, Bungoma County, where 7 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Chikamai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chikamai
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