Shekede Surname
Approximately 1,118 people bear this surname
Shekede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 972 | 1:15,883 | 2,284 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shekede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekede occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekede? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shekede is the 331,076th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The last name Shekede is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shekede are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Shekede is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 972 people, or 1 in 15,883. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 40 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Shekede
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