Chinkya Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinkya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinkya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Chinkya (8) may also be a first name.

Chinkya Last Name Facts

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

Chinkya is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chinkya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinkya? popularity and diffusion

Chinkya is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Chinkya reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chinkya is also the 4,213,784th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Chinkya is most numerous in: Benue, where 50 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent are found.

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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 Chinkya
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