Zekeya Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Zekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Zekeya (55) may also be a first name.
Zekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zekeya is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zekeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zekeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zekeya is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Zekeya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zekeya live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Zekeya is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.
Zekeya is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Not including Ethiopia Zekeya occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 38 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 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 Zekeya
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