Chionya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Chionya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chionya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chionya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chionya is found most frequently in Zambia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chionya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chionya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Chionya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chionya live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 80 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 36 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Chionya
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