Chindenga Surname

330,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chindenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chindenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7321:23,3873,582
Zimbabwe3831:40,3096,230
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chindenga (15) may also be a first name.

Chindenga Last Name Facts

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

Chindenga occurs most in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chindenga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chindenga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chindenga is the 330,363rd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. Chindenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chindenga are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 15 people.

Chindenga is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi Chindenga occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Chindenga
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