Chiyama Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Chiyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 240 | 1:66,041 | 5,848 |
| Zimbabwe | 59 | 1:261,665 | 27,736 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiyama (23) may also be a first name.
Chiyama Demographics
Chiyama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chiyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiyama has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiyama.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiyama is the 802,733rd most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The surname Chiyama is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiyama reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 66,041. In Zambia Chiyama is most numerous in: Central Province, where 36 percent reside, Southern Province, where 28 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 19 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Chiyama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chiyama
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