Chinja Surname
Approximately 764 people bear this surname
Chinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 252 | 1:210,086 | 17,710 |
| Zimbabwe | 232 | 1:66,544 | 9,998 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Zambia | 87 | 1:182,183 | 12,338 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
Chinja (151) may also be a first name.
Chinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinja (Hindi: चिन्जा) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 446,308th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,538,673 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinja are found; 42 percent are found in Southern Africa and 42 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chinja is also the 749,223rd most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 151 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 210,086. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 51 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 44 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chinja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chinja in the Hindi language | ||
| चिन्जा | cinja | 73.17 |
| चिंजा | cinja | 21.95 |
| चिंग्या | cingya | 2.44 |
| चिन्ना | cinna | 2.44 |
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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 Chinja
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