Chizu Surname
Approximately 2,078 people bear this surname
Chizu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,450 | 1:10,931 | 1,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 398 | 1:38,790 | 5,998 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chizu (5,085) may also be a first name.
Chizu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chizu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chizu (Russian: Чизу) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chizu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chizu is the 200,754th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,507,000 people. The surname Chizu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chizu are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 95,222nd most common first name world-wide, borne by 5,085 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,450 people, or 1 in 10,931. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Northern Province, where 59 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent reside and Malawi, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chizu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chizu in the Russian language | ||
| Чизу | cizu | - |
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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 Chizu
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