Chikoye Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Chikoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 135 | 1:117,407 | 9,018 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chikoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikoye is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikoye? popularity and diffusion
Chikoye is the 1,471,719th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikoye reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 117,407. In Zambia Chikoye is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 42 percent live, Northern Province, where 26 percent live and Muchinga Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent live and Liberia, 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
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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 Chikoye
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