Chirenga Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Chirenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 825 | 1:18,713 | 2,775 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chirenga (50) may also be a first name.
Chirenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chirenga (Oriya: ଚିେର) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirenga? popularity and diffusion
Chirenga is the 418,547th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chirenga reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous forename at a global level, held by 50 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 825 people, or 1 in 18,713. In Zimbabwe Chirenga is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent live, Harare Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chirenga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chirenga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିେର | ciera | 94.12 |
| ଚିେରା | ciera | 5.88 |
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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 Chirenga
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