Chinukwe Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Chinukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 315 | 1:50,317 | 4,739 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Chinukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinukwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinukwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 767,694th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinukwe live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chinukwe is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 50,317. In Zambia Chinukwe is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 41 percent reside, Northern Province, where 39 percent reside and Muchinga Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Zambia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinukwue | 94 | 89 | / |
| Chingaukwe | 89 | 9 | / |
| Chinukwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chinikwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chinukoue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinhungwe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chinique | 75 | 302 | / |
| Chinigue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinikwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinhikwi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Chineugue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chainique | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jenukwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenique | 63 | 135 | / |
| Chiniquy | 63 | 50 | / |
| Chinogwa | 63 | 19 | / |
| Chinicui | 63 | 12 | / |
| Chiniqui | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hinnougbe | 59 | 261 | / |
| Cheneugue | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chiniquay | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chinhogwa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chinniquy | 59 | 0 | / |
| Henugbe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Henougbe | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Chinukwe
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