Chikanka Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chikanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chikanka (26) may also be a first name.

Chikanka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikanka (Russian: Чиканка) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikanka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikanka are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chikanka is also the 2,084,397th most common first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The surname Chikanka is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 689,127. In Zambia Chikanka is most numerous in: Central Province, where 96 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Zambia Chikanka is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chikanka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chikanka in the Russian language
Чиканкаcikanka-

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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
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  • 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 Chikanka
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