Chiyeke Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Chiyeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiyeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiyeke is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyeke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Chiyeke is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiyeke are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 237,511. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 71 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 15 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Chiyeke
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