Chidunga Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chidunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chidunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3491:132,32110,872
Zimbabwe681:227,03325,258
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Chidunga (13) may also be a first name.

Chidunga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chidunga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chidunga (Oriya: ଚିଡୁା) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chidunga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 691,116th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chidunga are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 13 people.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 132,321. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kwale County, where 95 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 3 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 3 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Chidunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (88%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chidunga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chidunga in the Oriya language
ଚିଡୁାcidua-

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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 Chidunga
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