Chininga Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Chininga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 789 | 1:19,567 | 2,908 |
| Zambia | 76 | 1:208,552 | 13,419 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chininga (22) may also be a first name.
Chininga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chininga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chininga is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chininga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chininga is the 368,594th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,466,748 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chininga reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 789 people, or 1 in 19,567. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 26 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 25 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Chininga occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 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 Chininga
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