Chisunga Surname
Approximately 9,171 people bear this surname
Chisunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8,051 | 1:6,576 | 852 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,005 | 1:15,361 | 2,160 |
| Zambia | 92 | 1:172,282 | 11,887 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chisunga (25) may also be a first name.
Chisunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chisunga is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,395th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 794,629 people. Chisunga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisunga live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chisunga is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 25 people.
The surname Chisunga is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 8,051 people, or 1 in 6,576. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 71 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Chisunga exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 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
- 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 Chisunga
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