Chinkhanja Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chinkhanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chinkhanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinkhanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinkhanja occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinkhanja? popularity and diffusion
Chinkhanja is the 6,063,924th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Chinkhanja live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Other than Malawi this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinjanja | 84 | 112 | / |
| Chinkonja | 84 | 56 | / |
| Chinkanya | 84 | 4 | / |
| Chinkansa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chimhanja | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chinkanza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chinchanya | 80 | 833 | / |
| Chinkhonje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimhonja | 74 | 9 | / |
| Shinkanza | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chinchanchai | 73 | 226 | / |
| Chinkannayya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chinkhonyo | 70 | 157 | / |
| Chinkanyot | 70 | 13 | / |
| Chenchanya | 70 | 4 | / |
| Singkhanya | 70 | 1 | / |
| Jhinjhania | 70 | 1 | / |
| Senkanja | 67 | 226 | / |
| Chinchamsai | 67 | 52 | / |
| Cheenchanya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kinkonja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinkanza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinkania | 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 Chinkhanja
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