Chinkwa Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Chinkwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 135 | 1:117,407 | 9,018 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Chinkwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinkwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chinkwa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chinkwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinkwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,504,764th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname Chinkwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinkwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 117,407. In Zambia Chinkwa is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent reside, Central Province, where 33 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent reside. Not including Zambia Chinkwa exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Chinkwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis