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 is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenjela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 851,613th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. The last name Chenjela is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chenjela live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 71,396. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 64 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Zambia Chenjela occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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