Chinengu Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chinengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Zambia1241:127,8229,586
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446

Chinengu (71) may also be a first name.

Chinengu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chinengu is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinengu? popularity and diffusion

Chinengu is the 742,570th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. Chinengu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinengu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chinengu is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 71 people.

The surname Chinengu is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Without taking into account Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 32 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 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
  • 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 Chinengu
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