Chiyena Surname
Approximately 668 people bear this surname
Chiyena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 646 | 1:24,535 | 2,620 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Chiyena (57) may also be a first name.
Chiyena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiyena is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 494,499th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,909,500 people. The surname Chiyena is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyena live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiyena is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 57 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 646 people, or 1 in 24,535. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Western Province, where 30 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 30 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent reside. Barring Zambia Chiyena occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Israel, where 0 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 Chiyena
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