Chiyenga Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Chiyenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chiyenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiyenga is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyenga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Chiyenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiyenga live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chiyenga is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 226,427. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 39 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 34 percent reside and Northern Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Chiyenga exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and China, where 1 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 Chiyenga
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