Chinyere Surname

39,586th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chinyere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11,5021:15,4011,509
Zimbabwe1,3601:11,3521,465
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
England571:977,51048,999
United States511:7,107,038327,397
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Chinyere (274,631) may also be a first name.

Chinyere Last Name Facts

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

Chinyere is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinyere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 39,586th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 549,672 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinyere reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chinyere is also the 3,828th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 274,631 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,502 people, or 1 in 15,401. In Nigeria Chinyere is primarily found in: Abia, where 32 percent reside, Imo, where 24 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Chinyere exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Chinyere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Chinyere last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

The amount Chinyere earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 187.57% more than the national average, earning R 683,364 per year and in United States they earn 8.2% less than the national average, earning $39,610 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
  • 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 Chinyere
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