Chinani Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chinani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Zambia431:368,60319,020
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Chinani (65) may also be a first name.

Chinani Last Name Facts

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

Chinani (Hindi: चिञानी, Marathi: िचनानी, Oriya: ଚିନାନୀ) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 914,967th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Chinani live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chinani is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 65 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live and Zambia, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chinani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chinani in the Hindi language
चिञानीcinani-
Chinani in the Oriya language
ଚିନାନୀcinani66.67
ଚିନାନିcinani33.33
Chinani in the Marathi language
िचनानीicanani33.33
चैनानीcainani33.33
चीनानीcinani33.33

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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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  • 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 Chinani
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