Jekera Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Jekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Jekera (21) may also be a first name.
Jekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jekera has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jekera? popularity and diffusion
Jekera is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jekera live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jekera is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 97,710. In Zimbabwe Jekera is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 40 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 22 percent are found and Harare Province, where 18 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Jekera
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