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
The last name Chimeze is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeze? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 245,548th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 4,495,710 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimeze reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimeze is also the 253,646th most commonly used forename globally, held by 1,006 people.
The surname Chimeze is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,598 people, or 1 in 110,853. In Nigeria Chimeze is mostly found in: Kano, where 50 percent live, Imo, where 8 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Chimeze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chimeze last name is chiefly 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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