Chimeze Surname
Approximately 1,621 people bear this surname
Chimeze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,598 | 1:110,853 | 7,385 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chimeze (1,006) may also be a first name.
Chimeze Demographics
Chimeze Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Chimeze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimeze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimeze occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chimeze.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeze? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 245,548th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,495,710 people. Chimeze is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimeze live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimeze is also the 253,646th most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 1,006 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,598 people, or 1 in 110,853. In Nigeria Chimeze is most prevalent in: Kano, where 50 percent are found, Imo, where 8 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Chimeze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Chimeze
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