Shekue Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Shekue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 270 | 1:196,080 | 16,774 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
Shekue (58) may also be a first name.
Shekue Demographics
Shekue Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shekue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekue is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekue? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shekue reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shekue is also the 1,295,729th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 58 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 196,080. In Tanzania Shekue is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 72 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Shekue exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Shekue Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shekue
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