Chikuya Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Chikuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 430 | 1:35,903 | 5,546 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chikuya (41) may also be a first name.
Chikuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikuya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 679,794th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. The surname Chikuya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikuya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chikuya is also the 1,590,275th most common first name on earth, held by 41 people.
The surname Chikuya is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 35,903. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 57 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 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 Chikuya
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