Chinevu Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Chinevu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 247 | 1:717,177 | 32,914 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chinevu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinevu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinevu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinevu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 906,170th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinevu live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Chinevu is most common in: Enugu, where 74 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinevhu | 93 | 29 | / |
| Chinehvu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chinebu | 86 | 108 | / |
| Chinewu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chinavu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tshinevu | 80 | 82 | / |
| Chinnavu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chinejwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chinhewu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sinevu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tchinebou | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zinevhu | 71 | 15 | / |
| Chiniwu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ginevau | 71 | 6 | / |
| Chennevaux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khenevu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinibu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinawu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jinevau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinevau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinhiwu | 67 | 144 | / |
| Henneveu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Chinhawu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chenewuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshinebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shengevu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Singevau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinebuch | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chinevu
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