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
The surname Chikeya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chikeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 428,270th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,041,620 people. The surname Chikeya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikeya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.
This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 788 people, or 1 in 19,592. In Zimbabwe Chikeya is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 34 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common 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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