Chanje Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Chanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Chanje (79) may also be a first name.
Chanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanje is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chanje is the 549,848th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chanje live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chanje is also the 1,083,225th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 79 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Beside Malawi it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 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 Chanje
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