Chiyanga Surname
Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname
Chiyanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 737 | 1:21,506 | 2,347 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 1:113,516 | 15,504 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chiyanga (10) may also be a first name.
Chiyanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyanga is most common in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 289,472nd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,504,189 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyanga reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 21,506. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 68 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Zambia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 16 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 Chiyanga
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