Chikany Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chikany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
The alternate forms: Chikány (34) are calculated separately.
Chikany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikany is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Chikány. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikany? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chikany is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Chikany are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Chikany is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Chikany exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Chikany
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis