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 surname Chimuanya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chimuanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimuanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 998,609th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chimuanya reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimuanya is also the 151,216th most widely held first name on earth, held by 2,408 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 728,983. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common 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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