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 is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekede? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 331,076th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 972 people, or 1 in 15,883. In Zimbabwe Shekede is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 40 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Shekede exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 12 percent live and South Africa, 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 Shekede
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