Chinewe Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Chinewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chinewe (34) may also be a first name.
Chinewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinewe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chinewe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chinewe is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Chinewe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinewe live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most common first name globally, held by 34 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 100 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Chinewe
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