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
Chineye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chineye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 565,092nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,013,475 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chineye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chineye is also the 33,150th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 23,887 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 556 people, or 1 in 318,602. In Nigeria Chineye is most prevalent in: Abia, where 40 percent reside, Rivers, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 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 Chineye
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