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 surname Chiyeka is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyeka reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chiyeka is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Midlands Province, where 38 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 35 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 27 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Chiyeka
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