Chikonyo Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Chikonyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
Chikonyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikonyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikonyo has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikonyo? popularity and diffusion
Chikonyo is the 777,192nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. Chikonyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikonyo are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and Zambia, where 2 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 Chikonyo
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