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
The surname Chinuka (Bengali: চিনুকা, Hindi: चिनुका, Oriya: ଚିନୁକା) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinuka? popularity and diffusion
Chinuka is the 3,100,440th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Chinuka occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chinuka reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 30 people.
The surname Chinuka is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 58 percent live, Luapula Province, where 21 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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