Chonganya Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Chonganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Chonganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chonganya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonganya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Chonganya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chonganya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 259,835. In Zambia Chonganya is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 52 percent live, Northern Province, where 28 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Zambia it exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changanya | 89 | 104 | / |
| Chomnanya | 89 | 6 | / |
| Tshonganya | 84 | 27 | / |
| Chaganya | 82 | 77 | / |
| Hanganya | 82 | 28 | / |
| Chananya | 82 | 10 | / |
| Chononya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zonganya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chamnanya | 78 | 1,058 | / |
| Khanganya | 78 | 680 | / |
| Houngagna | 78 | 1 | / |
| Hananya | 75 | 39 | / |
| Haganya | 75 | 10 | / |
| Joganya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Conania | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jongonya | 71 | 31 | / |
| Hangonya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Khananya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Hangania | 71 | 6 | / |
| Zongonya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Janganya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jongania | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hanaunya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Johnanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Homganha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honaunia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chagonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dzonganyayi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Dzongonya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Hanggonya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Haangonya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chamhanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khananyah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chonganya
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