Chijoka Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Chijoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 457 | 1:34,683 | 3,506 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chijoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chijoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chijoka is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chijoka.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijoka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chijoka is the 648,005th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chijoka live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 457 people, or 1 in 34,683. In Zambia Chijoka is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 39 percent live, Southern Province, where 33 percent live and North-Western Province, where 13 percent live. Not including Zambia Chijoka occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Chijoka
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