Chanca Surname
Approximately 2,673 people bear this surname
Chanca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2,008 | 1:15,829 | 1,989 |
| Spain | 270 | 1:173,156 | 12,350 |
| Brazil | 185 | 1:1,157,159 | 40,218 |
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Chança (58) are calculated separately.
Chanca (19) may also be a first name.
Chanca Demographics
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Chanca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanca has its highest incidence in Peru. It can appear as: Chança. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 162,677th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,726,355 people. The surname Chanca occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Chanca reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 19 people.
The last name is most numerous in Peru, where it is borne by 2,008 people, or 1 in 15,829. In Peru Chanca is primarily concentrated in: Lima Province, where 30 percent are found, Junín Region, where 28 percent are found and Huancavelica Region, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Peru this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Chanca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chanca has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 475 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chanca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chanca surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Chanca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 23% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,926 per year; in South Africa they earn 80.65% less than the national average, earning R 45,972 per year and in United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 USD per year.
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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 Chanca
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