Chinyana Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chinyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia501:316,99817,478
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chinyana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chinyana occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chinyana.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinyana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 316,998. In Zambia Chinyana is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 92 percent are found, Southern Province, where 4 percent are found and Central Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Chinyana
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