Chinyau Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Chinyau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chinyau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinyau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinyau occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinyau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinyau reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania Chinyau is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinyahu | 93 | 21 | / |
| Cinyahu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Chinyou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Chainiau | 80 | 20 | / |
| Zinyau | 77 | 212 | / |
| Ginyau | 77 | 14 | / |
| Chainiaux | 75 | 94 | / |
| Chenyou | 71 | 543 | / |
| Dzinyau | 71 | 107 | / |
| Chainniaux | 71 | 14 | / |
| Cheniau | 71 | 7 | / |
| Cheniaux | 67 | 94 | / |
| Chainnieaux | 67 | 51 | / |
| Chenieau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Heniau | 62 | 19 | / |
| Jinyou | 62 | 15 | / |
| Héniau | 62 | 2 | / |
| Jenyau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cenyou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ceniau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tchegnahou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Jeanyau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ginjaou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gehnyou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Henniaux | 53 | 199 | / |
| Cheniout | 53 | 1 | / |
| Cheniouh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chesniou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chenejiou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Chegnohou | 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 Chinyau
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis