Chineze Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Chineze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Chineze (1,022) may also be a first name.
Chineze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chineze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chineze occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chineze? popularity and diffusion
Chineze is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Chineze live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chineze is also the 251,137th most numerous first name globally, borne by 1,022 people.
The surname Chineze is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Chineze is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 96 percent live and West Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon Chineze occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Brazil, where 22 percent live.
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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 Chineze
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