Chenayi Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Chenayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chenayi (1,600) may also be a first name.
Chenayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenayi is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chenayi is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenayi are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,201st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,600 people.
The last name Chenayi is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 59 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Chenayi exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent reside and Zambia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Chenayi
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