Chikadya Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chikadya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chikadya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
England11:55,718,059489,080

Chikadya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chikadya is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikadya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikadya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chikodya8810/
Khekadya7522/
Tshikadia714/
Chekhadia711/
Tchikadjo711/
Zikadia674/
Jikadia674/
Chikedia631/
Chaikoudjo561/
Hajkhadijat531/
Cicadjo531/
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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 Chikadya
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