Chinyengu Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Chinyengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 289 | 1:54,844 | 5,073 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chinyengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinyengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinyengu occurs most in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chinyengu.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinyengu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chinyengu is the 914,967th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Chinyengu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyengu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 54,844. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 78 percent reside, Southern Province, where 16 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinyeng'u | 95 | 4 | / |
| Shinyengu | 89 | 60 | / |
| Chingengu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Chinhengu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyengu | 84 | 34 | / |
| Tchinyenou | 84 | 21 | / |
| Tchinyienou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tchinyingou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chinjingu | 78 | 2 | / |
| Tchenyenou | 74 | 37 | / |
| Chingnegou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyingu | 74 | 1 | / |
| Caineanu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kingengu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kiniengu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchenyienou | 70 | 5 | / |
| Tshinyiangu | 70 | 4 | / |
| Chinnajangu | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chejneanu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Tshingenu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Chesneanu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tchegnenou | 63 | 10 | / |
| Jinjegu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Henyenhuis | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chinnajanu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tchenyingou | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kiniingu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hoinounou | 56 | 2 | / |
| Chenounou | 56 | 2 | / |
| Henjinu | 50 | 135 | / |
| Jinainu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tchegniinou | 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 Chinyengu
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