Chiyesu Surname
Approximately 4,388 people bear this surname
Chiyesu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4,360 | 1:3,635 | 453 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiyesu (208) may also be a first name.
Chiyesu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyesu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyesu is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyesu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiyesu is the 106,509th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,660,790 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyesu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 627,410th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 208 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 4,360 people, or 1 in 3,635. In Zambia Chiyesu is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 53 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent live and Western Province, where 9 percent live. Barring Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and England, 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 Chiyesu
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