Chimuanya Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Chimuanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 243 | 1:728,983 | 33,324 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Chimuanya (2,408) may also be a first name.
Chimuanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimuanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimuanya is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chimuanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimuanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimuanya is the 998,609th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chimuanya are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 151,216th most numerous first name in the world, held by 2,408 people.
The last name Chimuanya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 728,983. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Chimuanya occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimmuanya | 95 | 5 | / |
| Chimwanya | 89 | 171 | / |
| Chimbanya | 89 | 4 | / |
| Tshimuanya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chimwanja | 78 | 199 | / |
| Chimbanja | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chemwanya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimbonya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimwanh'a | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tshimwanya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chemwania | 67 | 23 | / |
| Chimbonyo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chimwonyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gimbanja | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chimbonja | 56 | 141 | / |
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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 Chimuanya
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