Chikwenya Surname

234,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,720 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chikwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikwenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2261:12,5921,680
Zambia3371:47,0324,504
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Chikwenya (27) may also be a first name.

Chikwenya Last Name Facts

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

Chikwenya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikwenya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 234,252nd most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,236,945 people. The last name Chikwenya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwenya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chikwenya is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 27 people.

The last name Chikwenya is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,226 people, or 1 in 12,592. In Zimbabwe Chikwenya is most common in: Midlands Province, where 31 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Malawi, where 8 percent reside.

Chikwenya Last Name Statistics demography

Chikwenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.88% less than the national average, earning R 28,800 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 Chikwenya
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