Chimeko Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Chimeko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 230 | 1:68,913 | 6,053 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimeko (31) may also be a first name.
Chimeko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimeko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimeko occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Chimeko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimeko is the 1,041,601st most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimeko reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 31 people.
The surname Chimeko is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 68,913. In Zambia Chimeko is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 59 percent reside, Southern Province, where 24 percent reside and Central Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chimeko
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