Chiyanda Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Chiyanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 593 | 1:26,728 | 2,810 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiyanda (15) may also be a first name.
Chiyanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiyanda occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 527,543rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. The last name Chiyanda is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyanda live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 593 people, or 1 in 26,728. In Zambia Chiyanda is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 42 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent are found and Central Province, where 19 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, 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 Chiyanda
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