Chineke Surname
Approximately 2,038 people bear this surname
Chineke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,994 | 1:88,838 | 6,199 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Chineke (216) may also be a first name.
Chineke Demographics
Average Chineke Salary in
United States
$31,036 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chineke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chineke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chineke is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chineke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 204,030th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,575,832 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chineke reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chineke is also the 614,549th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 216 people.
Chineke is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,994 people, or 1 in 88,838. In Nigeria Chineke is most numerous in: Enugu, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Chineke Last Name Statistics demography
Chineke earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.07% less than the national average, earning $31,036 USD per year.
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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 Chineke
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