Chinene Surname
Approximately 1,289 people bear this surname
Chinene Surname Definition:
Chinene is a surname of the Tonga tribe, meaning: a prominent elderly person.
Chinene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,230 | 1:12,886 | 1,468 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chinene (158) may also be a first name.
Chinene Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chinene is a surname of the Tonga tribe, meaning: a prominent elderly person.
Chinene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinene is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Chinene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinene? popularity and diffusion
Chinene is the 295,816th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,653,643 people. The last name Chinene occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinene live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chinene is also the 730,165th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 158 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,230 people, or 1 in 12,886. In Zambia Chinene is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 61 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent are found and Central Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Zambia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
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