Chamanya Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chamanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chamanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia311:511,28822,588
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Iran91:8,531,392160,212

Chamanya (30) may also be a first name.

Chamanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chamanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chamanya (Hindi: चमन्या, Marathi: चमान्या) is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chamanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Chamanya are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chamanya is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 30 people.

It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 511,288. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 97 percent live and Central Province, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent live and Iran, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chamanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chamanya in the Hindi language
चमन्याcaman'ya-
Chamanya in the Marathi language
चमान्याcaman'ya62.5
चामन्याcaman'ya27.27
चमन्याcaman'ya4.55
चमण्याcamanya3.41
चामान्याcaman'ya1.14
चमाण्याcamanya1.14

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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 Chamanya
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