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
The last name Chiunye occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiunye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 298,749th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,720,209 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiunye reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiunye is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,250 people, or 1 in 12,351. In Zimbabwe Chiunye is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 53 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Chiunye
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