Chikoyi Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Chikoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 299 | 1:53,010 | 4,942 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chikoyi (15) may also be a first name.
Chikoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikoyi is found most frequently in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikoyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 814,680th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikoyi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chikoyi is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 53,010. In Zambia Chikoyi is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent live, Northern Province, where 31 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Zambia Chikoyi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and Kenya, 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
- 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 Chikoyi
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