Chikwepe Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chikwepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikwepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2961:53,5474,989
Zimbabwe1271:121,56116,372
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Chikwepe (24) may also be a first name.

Chikwepe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chikwepe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chikwepe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikwepe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 694,796th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. The last name Chikwepe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwepe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 24 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 53,547. In Zambia Chikwepe is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 62 percent are found, Northern Province, where 18 percent are found and Southern Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chikhwephe891/
Chikwape88341/
Chikwepa88144/
Chikwepi8825/
Chikwapi753/
Tchicuepe711/
Chikuev6730/
Chikkuev6336/
Chiquepa634/
Tshikuepa5934/
Tchuiguep591/
Caiquep5358/
Chekuev5342/
Cheguep534/
Cheguev533/
Chiqueb531/
Chegueb531/
Chekkuev5039/
Tcheguep503/
Caiquiep501/

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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 Chikwepe
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