Chiunye Surname
Approximately 1,274 people bear this surname
Chiunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,250 | 1:12,351 | 1,641 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiunye (40) may also be a first name.
Chiunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiunye has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiunye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 298,749th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,720,209 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiunye are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiunye is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 40 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,250 people, or 1 in 12,351. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 53 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, 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
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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 Chiunye
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