Chenyi Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Chenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| China | 68 | 1:20,107,670 | 1,119 |
| Taiwan | 62 | 1:378,141 | 2,960 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 1:1,654,425 | 47,334 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chenyi (47,175) may also be a first name.
Chenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chenyi is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenyi? popularity and diffusion
Chenyi is the 823,466th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Chenyi live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chenyi is also the 19,431st most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 47,175 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon Chenyi is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 38 percent live, Southwest Region, where 37 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in China, where 20 percent live and Taiwan, where 18 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 Chenyi
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