Chisunga Surname

55,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chisunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8,0511:6,576852
Zimbabwe1,0051:15,3612,160
Zambia921:172,28211,887
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096

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

Chisunga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisunga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 55,395th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 794,629 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisunga are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 25 people.

The surname Chisunga is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 8,051 people, or 1 in 6,576. In Tanzania Chisunga is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 71 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

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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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