Chizenga Surname
Approximately 3,120 people bear this surname
Chizenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,856 | 1:9,224 | 1,421 |
| Tanzania | 801 | 1:66,094 | 6,984 |
| Zimbabwe | 335 | 1:46,084 | 7,087 |
| Zambia | 118 | 1:134,321 | 9,923 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chizenga (15) may also be a first name.
Chizenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chizenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chizenga is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chizenga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 142,598th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,335,752 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chizenga live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chizenga is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name globally, held by 15 people.
The surname Chizenga is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 1,856 people, or 1 in 9,224. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Chizenga
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