Chiyeka Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Chiyeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiyeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiyeka is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chiyeka.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyeka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyeka reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chiyeka is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe Chiyeka is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 38 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 27 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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
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- 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 Chiyeka
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