Chengai Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Chengai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Chengai (8,367) may also be a first name.
Chengai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chengai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chengai (Oriya: େଚାଇ) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chengai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Chengai occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Chengai live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 69,030th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 8,367 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe Chengai is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 35 percent are found, Harare Province, where 31 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Chengai occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 42 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chengai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chengai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚାଇ | eca'i | - |
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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 Chengai
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