Chiheya Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Chiheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 483 | 1:31,963 | 4,942 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiheya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiheya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 631,297th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiheya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 483 people, or 1 in 31,963. In Zimbabwe Chiheya is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 43 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 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 Chiheya
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