Chineye Surname
Approximately 560 people bear this surname
Chineye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 556 | 1:318,602 | 17,544 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chineye (23,887) may also be a first name.
Chineye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chineye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chineye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chineye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chineye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chineye is the 565,092nd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 13,013,475 people. The surname Chineye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chineye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 33,150th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 23,887 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 556 people, or 1 in 318,602. In Nigeria Chineye is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 40 percent are found, Rivers, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, 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
- 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 Chineye
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