Chinonso Surname

140,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinonso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinonso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,1241:56,7044,269
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
England71:7,959,723202,100
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Chinonso (98,051) may also be a first name.

Chinonso Last Name Facts

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

Chinonso is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chinonso.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinonso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 140,397th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,292,402 people. The surname Chinonso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinonso live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 10,376th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 98,051 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,124 people, or 1 in 56,704. In Nigeria Chinonso is most numerous in: Anambra, where 29 percent live, Abia, where 11 percent live and Imo, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Chinonso Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Chinonso earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.12% less than the national average, earning R 147,060 per year.

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chinonso
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