Chanunga Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chanunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chanunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

Chanunga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chanunga is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chanunga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chanunga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chanunga is the 4,116,508th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chanunga live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 91 percent live and Midlands Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 43 percent live and Angola, where 4 percent live.

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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 Chanunga
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