Chenjela Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Chenjela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 222 | 1:71,396 | 6,193 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
Chenjela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenjela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenjela has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenjela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 851,613th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenjela are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chenjela is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 71,396. In Zambia Chenjela is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 64 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 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
- 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 Chenjela
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