Chikeya Surname
Approximately 806 people bear this surname
Chikeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 788 | 1:19,592 | 2,912 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chikeya (23) may also be a first name.
Chikeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikeya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Chikeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikeya? popularity and diffusion
Chikeya is the 428,270th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,041,620 people. Chikeya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikeya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chikeya is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 788 people, or 1 in 19,592. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 34 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, 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
- 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 Chikeya
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