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
The surname Chenayi is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenayi reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,201st most commonly held forename in the world, held by 1,600 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 59 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 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 Chenayi
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