Chinguku Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chinguku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinguku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2071:255,75720,606
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chinguku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chinguku has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinguku? popularity and diffusion

Chinguku is the 1,038,570th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinguku are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Chinguku is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 255,757. In Tanzania Chinguku is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 67 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chinuku9318/
Chiguku931/
Hingukhu881/
Chinoukou822/
Chenuku802/
Chigoku801/
Hainuku801/
Tshinuku751/
Cinoku713/
Hinnoukou711/
Tshinukhu711/
Zinhuku67132/
Chauynukuy671/
Gighuku531/

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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
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  • 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 Chinguku
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