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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Shekete are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Shekete is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Shekete is most numerous in: Lagos, where 79 percent live and Osun, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 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 Shekete
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