Shekete Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Shekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekete is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekete? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Shekete occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Shekete live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Shekete is primarily found in: Lagos, where 79 percent reside and Osun, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Shekete is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 8 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
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- 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 Shekete
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