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
The last name Chanca is borne by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Chança. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 162,677th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,726,355 people. 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. Chanca is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 19 people.
It is most common in Peru, where it is borne by 2,008 people, or 1 in 15,829. In Peru it is most common in: Lima Province, where 30 percent reside, Junín Region, where 28 percent reside and Huancavelica Region, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Peru this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
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 last name expanded 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 Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for 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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