Chikesa Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Chikesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikesa (116) may also be a first name.
Chikesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikesa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Chikesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikesa? popularity and diffusion
Chikesa is the 983,245th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name Chikesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikesa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 116 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 300,323. Excluding The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chikesa
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