Chikahya Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Chikahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 112 | 1:141,517 | 10,320 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Chikahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikahya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikahya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikahya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 141,517. In Zambia Chikahya is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 72 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Angola, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chikahya
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