Chiunje Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiunje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiunje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1911:80,82811,815
Tanzania1591:332,96624,953
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Chiunje Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chiunje occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiunje? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chiunje is the 794,916th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiunje reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 80,828. In Zimbabwe Chiunje is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 73 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent are found and South Africa, 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
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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 Chiunje
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