Chikanma Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Senegal

Chikanma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikanma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England11:55,718,059489,080
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Chikanma (336) may also be a first name.

Chikanma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chikanma is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chikanma.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikanma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Chikanma occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Chikanma reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 477,199th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 336 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 88 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Senegal, where 10 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 Chikanma
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