Chionye Surname
Approximately 569 people bear this surname
Chionye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 565 | 1:313,527 | 17,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chionye (350) may also be a first name.
Chionye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chionye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chionye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chionye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chionye is the 558,412th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,807,638 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chionye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chionye is also the 465,882nd most commonly used given name globally, held by 350 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 565 people, or 1 in 313,527. In Nigeria Chionye is mostly found in: Abia, where 55 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria Chionye is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
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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 Chionye
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