Chinyenye Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Chinyenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 455 | 1:33,930 | 5,223 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinyenye | 94 | 4 | / |
| Chineunye | 89 | 123 | / |
| Chinyenge | 89 | 62 | / |
| Chinaenye | 89 | 49 | / |
| Chineenye | 89 | 3 | / |
| Chinyenje | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyenye | 84 | 239 | / |
| Chinjenge | 78 | 835 | / |
| Chingenge | 78 | 500 | / |
| Chinounye | 78 | 499 | / |
| Chinjenje | 78 | 57 | / |
| Chingenje | 78 | 4 | / |
| Chenyenge | 78 | 3 | / |
| Chingeney | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyenge | 74 | 41 | / |
| Chinayanay | 74 | 32 | / |
| Tchinyenou | 74 | 21 | / |
| Chinjeneyi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chinjennge | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chengenyea | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hinaunye | 71 | 75 | / |
| Hinaynay | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tshinyengie | 70 | 1 | / |
| Tchinyienou | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chineyaneya | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chinjenja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chingenji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chinoyangaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinayangaya | 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
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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 Chinyenye
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