Chinyelu Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Chinyelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2331:760,26934,383
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Chinyelu (1,313) may also be a first name.

Chinyelu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chinyelu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinyelu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,011,991st most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chinyelu are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 216,974th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 1,313 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 42 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Enugu, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria Chinyelu occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Chinyelu Last Name Statistics demography

Chinyelu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year.

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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 Chinyelu
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