Chingeni Surname

252,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chingeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chingeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,5161:11,2921,733
Zimbabwe471:328,47331,980
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Chingeni (13) may also be a first name.

Chingeni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chingeni Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chingeni is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chingeni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chingeni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 252,790th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,656,579 people. Chingeni is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingeni live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chingeni is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,516 people, or 1 in 11,292. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chingenyi941/
Chinjeni88197/
Chingini88110/
Chingene8820/
Chengeni889/
Chinceni881/
Chingeney821/
Qingeni808/
Cinceni803/
Kingeni802/
Chenjeni75257/
Chinjini7534/
Chinzini7518/
Kingenyi752/
Chinjene751/
Chinsene751/
Chingine751/
Chengene750/
Cincini67210/
Kengeni67107/
Kingini6756/
Kinzeni6734/
Kingene671/
Kingeny671/

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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 Chingeni
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