Shekele Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Shekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shekele (38) may also be a first name.
Shekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekele occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Shekele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shekele live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 38 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most common in: Gombe, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Zambia, where 8 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 Shekele
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