Chinkwele Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chinkwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinkwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Chinkwele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chinkwele Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chinkwele has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chinkwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinkwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chinkwele is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Chinkwele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinkwele live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 83 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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
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