Chimeka Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Chimeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 188 | 1:942,249 | 40,456 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimeka (196) may also be a first name.
Chimeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimeka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimeka is the 1,181,191st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimeka are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 648,004th most frequent first name globally It is held by 196 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 942,249. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 34 percent are found, Abia, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chimeka
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