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
Chinheya occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chinheya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinheya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 536,820th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,145,910 people. Chinheya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinheya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chinheya is also the 732,696th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 157 people.
The surname 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 live, Harare Province, where 16 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Chinheya
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