Chikayi Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Chikayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 241 | 1:65,767 | 5,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 125 | 1:123,506 | 16,570 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chikayi (11) may also be a first name.
Chikayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikayi is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 763,307th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. Chikayi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikayi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 65,767. In Zambia Chikayi is most common in: North-Western Province, where 67 percent are found, Central Province, where 21 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chikayi
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