Chaunga Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Chaunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Tanzania | 102 | 1:519,035 | 34,109 |
| Zambia | 82 | 1:193,292 | 12,826 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Chaunga (22) may also be a first name.
Chaunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaunga is found most in Malawi. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaunga? popularity and diffusion
Chaunga is the 529,538th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. Chaunga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaunga reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chaunga is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Barring Malawi Chaunga occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 13 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 Chaunga
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