Chinyenye Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chinyenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4551:33,9305,223
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chinyenye (66) may also be a first name.

Chinyenye Last Name Facts

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

Chinyenye has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinyenye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 559,940th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The surname Chinyenye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyenye reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 66 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 33,930. In Zimbabwe Chinyenye is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Chinyenye
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