Chikunje Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chikunje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikunje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chikunje Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikunje is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chikunje.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikunje? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 945,594th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. Chikunje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikunje live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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
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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 Chikunje
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