Chinyawa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Chinyawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chinyawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinyawa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chinyawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinyawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyawa reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chinyawa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe Chinyawa is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 86 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Zambia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinyanwa | 94 | 82 | / |
| Chinyaanwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chinyowa | 88 | 1,238 | / |
| Chinyawi | 88 | 7 | / |
| Chinhawa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chinyenwa | 82 | 48 | / |
| Chinjanwa | 82 | 5 | / |
| Chinyamba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chienyenwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chunyanwah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinyabe | 75 | 178 | / |
| Chinhava | 75 | 152 | / |
| Chinhowa | 75 | 17 | / |
| Chinyewe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Chinyova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hinyemwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinyemba | 71 | 7,999 | / |
| Chinyimba | 71 | 2,716 | / |
| Chinjamba | 71 | 576 | / |
| Chitnyova | 71 | 16 | / |
| Chinyambi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chinyimwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chienyova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chinyomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinjinwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinyinba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinyambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinjovaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heniawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Henyawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinyabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinyimbah | 67 | 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 Chinyawa
- 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