Chinuka Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chinuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chinuka (30) may also be a first name.
Chinuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinuka (Bengali: চিনুকা, Hindi: चिनुका, Oriya: ଚିନୁକା) occurs most in Zambia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chinuka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chinuka is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chinuka are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chinuka is also the 1,911,214th most common given name internationally It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia Chinuka is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 58 percent live, Luapula Province, where 21 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chinuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chinuka in the Bengali language | ||
| চিনুকা | cinuka | - |
| Chinuka in the Hindi language | ||
| चिनुका | cinuka | - |
| Chinuka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିନୁକା | cinuka | - |
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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 Chinuka
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