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 is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyanda? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 527,543rd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyanda reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiyanda is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 593 people, or 1 in 26,728. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 42 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent live and Central Province, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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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