Chenje Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Chenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Kenya | 180 | 1:256,555 | 17,284 |
| Zimbabwe | 126 | 1:122,526 | 16,470 |
| Zambia | 44 | 1:360,226 | 18,771 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Chenje (227) may also be a first name.
Chenje Demographics
Chenje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chenje is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chenje is the 418,547th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chenje live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 596,468th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 227 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Without taking into account Malawi this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live.
Chenje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chenje surname is chiefly Christian (88%) in Kenya.
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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 Chenje
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