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
The surname Chireka has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chireka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chireka is the 638,206th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. The surname Chireka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chireka live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 35,820. In Zimbabwe Chireka is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 45 percent live, Harare Province, where 34 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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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