Chinani Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Chinani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chinani in the Hindi language | ||
| चिञानी | cinani | - |
| Chinani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିନାନୀ | cinani | 66.67 |
| ଚିନାନି | cinani | 33.33 |
| Chinani in the Marathi language | ||
| िचनानी | icanani | 33.33 |
| चैनानी | cainani | 33.33 |
| चीनानी | cinani | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Chinani
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