Chisya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chisya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chisya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chisya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chisya is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisya live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Chisya is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 38 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 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 Chisya
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