Chikunyi Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Chikunyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 84 | 1:188,690 | 12,615 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chikunyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikunyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikunyi occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikunyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikunyi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 188,690. In Zambia Chikunyi is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 83 percent live, Southern Province, where 15 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, 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
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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 Chikunyi
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