Chikanyairo Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chikanyairo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikanyairo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe991:155,94219,667
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chikanyairo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikanyairo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikanyairo? popularity and diffusion

Chikanyairo is the 1,849,867th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Chikanyairo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikanyairo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 155,942. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 75 percent live, Harare Province, where 17 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Chikanyairo
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