Chikunga Surname

265,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chikunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8101:21,1353,253
Zambia3521:45,0284,349
Zimbabwe2881:53,6058,125
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Chikunga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikunga is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chikunga.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 265,110th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,937,362 people. The last name Chikunga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikunga live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Chikunga is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found.

Chikunga Last Name Statistics demography

Chikunga earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.12% more than the national average, earning R 321,096 per year.

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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 Chikunga
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