Chinyawa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chinyawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

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.

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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
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  • 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
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