Chintua Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chintua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chintua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1741:1,018,06242,870
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Chintua (150) may also be a first name.

Chintua Last Name Facts

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

Chintua (Hindi: चिन्तुआ, Oriya: ଚିୁଆ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chintua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,218,745th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chintua live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 752,187th most numerous first name internationally, held by 150 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 71 percent reside, Enugu, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Chintua is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chintwua932/
Hintua9233/
Cintua928/
Chintuo8624/
Chintwa868/
Chimtua863/
Chuntua861/
Chintwad804/
Chaimtua801/
Shintuah801/
Chintway801/
Hindua7792/
Sintua7787/
Gintua7710/
Kintua777/
Hentua771/
Quintua71710/
Ciendua71303/
Shintwa7149/
Chichindua7143/
Henthua7113/
Sintuas719/
Chichintwa711/
Chentuo711/
Chentwa711/
Tchentouha711/
Chimtuo711/
Chundua711/
Sinntuah676/
Chindwad671/
Qntua671/
Quintuas671/
Tshindua671/

Chintua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chintua in the Oriya language
ଚିୁଆciu'a-
Chintua in the Hindi language
चिन्तुआcintu'a80
चिन्टुआcintu'a20

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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 Chintua
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