Chiyesa Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Chiyesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Chiyesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiyesa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chiyesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyesa? popularity and diffusion
Chiyesa is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Chiyesa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyesa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiyesa is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, 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
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- 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
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