Chiveya Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Chiveya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 233 | 1:66,259 | 9,963 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiveya (15) may also be a first name.
Chiveya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiveya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiveya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiveya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiveya is the 1,061,269th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiveya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 66,259. In Zimbabwe Chiveya is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 29 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Chiveya
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