Chisani Surname

671,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chisani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2501:63,4005,655
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chisani (25) may also be a first name.

Chisani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chisani occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 671,677th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chisani are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chisani is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 63,400. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 51 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 18 percent reside and Southern Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 35 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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 Chisani
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