Chinheya Surname
Approximately 600 people bear this surname
Chinheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 591 | 1:26,122 | 4,006 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chinheya (157) may also be a first name.
Chinheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chinheya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinheya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chinheya is the 536,820th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinheya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chinheya is also the 732,696th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 157 people.
The surname Chinheya is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 591 people, or 1 in 26,122. In Zimbabwe Chinheya is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 76 percent are found, Harare Province, where 16 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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 Chinheya
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