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 last name Chikayi is found most frequently in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 763,307th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname Chikayi occurs mostly 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. Chikayi is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 65,767. In Zambia Chikayi is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 67 percent reside, Central Province, where 21 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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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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