Kasheku Surname
Approximately 763 people bear this surname
Kasheku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 761 | 1:69,568 | 7,337 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kasheku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasheku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kasheku is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasheku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 446,740th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name Kasheku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasheku live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 761 people, or 1 in 69,568. In Tanzania Kasheku is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 40 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 38 percent live and Geita Region, where 21 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaseku | 92 | 129 | / |
| Kashiku | 86 | 919 | / |
| Kashaku | 86 | 60 | / |
| Kashoku | 86 | 34 | / |
| Katseku | 86 | 25 | / |
| Kacheku | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kaiseku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Katshiku | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kaushiku | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kassekou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kasaku | 77 | 753 | / |
| Kasiku | 77 | 301 | / |
| Kaceku | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kaçeku | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kasoku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Keseku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaushikku | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koshoku | 71 | 105 | / |
| Kaasiku | 71 | 76 | / |
| Kausiku | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kasikau | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kasikuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kassaku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kasikou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katsikou | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kachikau | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kessekou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kassikou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kachikuu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khasikhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khassiku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kachikuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochekou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kotsekou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kasheku
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