Chireka Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Chireka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 431 | 1:35,820 | 5,527 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chireka (15) may also be a first name.
Chireka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chireka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chireka is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chireka.
How Common Is The Last Name Chireka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 638,206th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. The last name Chireka occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chireka are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chireka is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name Chireka is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 35,820. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 45 percent are found, Harare Province, where 34 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chireka
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