Chakanda Surname
Approximately 557 people bear this surname
Chakanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Zambia | 51 | 1:310,783 | 17,285 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chakanda (10) may also be a first name.
Chakanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chakanda is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakanda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 567,444th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. The surname Chakanda is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chakanda live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chakanda is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Chakanda
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