Chihinga Surname
Approximately 2,027 people bear this surname
Chihinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,003 | 1:7,913 | 938 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chihinga (889) may also be a first name.
Chihinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihinga occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihinga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihinga is the 204,843rd most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,595,237 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihinga live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chihinga is also the 272,584th most common given name internationally, held by 889 people.
The surname Chihinga is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,003 people, or 1 in 7,913. In Zambia Chihinga is most frequent in: Western Province, where 79 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 7 percent live and North-Western Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia Chihinga exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and 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 Chihinga
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