Kheekhe Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Kheekhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 222 | 1:9,156 | 2,068 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Kheekhe (10) may also be a first name.
Kheekhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kheekhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kheekhe is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kheekhe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kheekhe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name on earth, held by 10 people.
The surname Kheekhe is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 9,156. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Leribe District, where 26 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 26 percent are found and Maseru District, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also found in 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 Kheekhe
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