Chinyanya Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Chinyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 340 | 1:45,407 | 6,980 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chinyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinyanya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinyanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chinyanya is the 628,294th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname Chinyanya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyanya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 45,407. In Zimbabwe Chinyanya is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent are found, Harare Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinyaanya | 95 | 2 | / |
| Chinyanja | 89 | 201 | / |
| Chinyonya | 89 | 6 | / |
| Chinyanyo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyanya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ginyanya | 82 | 4 | / |
| Hinyonya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinjanja | 78 | 112 | / |
| Chinyonyo | 78 | 69 | / |
| Chinhonya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chenyanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinhanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinehanha | 74 | 201 | / |
| Cinyonyo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chinnehanha | 70 | 449 | / |
| Tshiniania | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jhinjhania | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zinyonyo | 59 | 92 | / |
| Jenjanya | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chinjonjo | 56 | 184 | / |
| Jeenjanya | 56 | 7 | / |
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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 Chinyanya
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