Changadeya Surname

328,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Changadeya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Changadeya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6801:25,1753,828
Zimbabwe4441:34,7715,363
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Changadeya (18) may also be a first name.

Changadeya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Changadeya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Changadeya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 328,558th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Changadeya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Changadeya is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 18 people.

The surname Changadeya is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 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
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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 Changadeya
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