Chinjanja Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Chinjanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
Chinjanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinjanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinjanja is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinjanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chinjanja is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Chinjanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Chinjanja live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 249,004. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 48 percent reside, Harare Province, where 21 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 28 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinyanja | 89 | 201 | / |
| Chinjanji | 89 | 21 | / |
| Chinhanja | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chinkhanja | 84 | 10 | / |
| Kinjanja | 82 | 41 | / |
| Sinjanja | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinyanya | 78 | 487 | / |
| Chinjonjo | 78 | 184 | / |
| Sainjanja | 78 | 59 | / |
| Chinsanya | 78 | 21 | / |
| Chinyanza | 78 | 9 | / |
| Chinyanje | 78 | 3 | / |
| Chinyansa | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chimhanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinjonji | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chenyanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinyanji | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshindjandja | 76 | 1 | / |
| Chinchanya | 74 | 833 | / |
| Chinehanha | 74 | 201 | / |
| Kindjandja | 74 | 34 | / |
| Chinyaanya | 74 | 2 | / |
| Jhinjhania | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kinyanja | 71 | 94 | / |
| Sinyanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zinjonja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinnehanha | 70 | 449 | / |
| Chinsanchai | 70 | 48 | / |
| Chinchanchai | 67 | 226 | / |
| Chinyange | 67 | 201 | / |
| Chimsanjo | 67 | 105 | / |
| Chenhansa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Chinhanho | 67 | 26 | / |
| Chinyanye | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chimhonja | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chunyanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenyanza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinyanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinyanhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssenjanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chincanco | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chinjanja
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