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
The surname Chimeka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,181,191st most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. It occurs predominantly 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. Chimeka is also the 648,004th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 196 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 942,249. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 34 percent live, Abia, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, 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
- 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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