Chonje Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Chonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chonje (14) may also be a first name.
Chonje Demographics
Chonje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chonje is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chonje is the 2,091,648th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chonje live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chonje is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The surname Chonje is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 89 percent reside and Kwale County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Chonje occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Chonje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chonje surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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 Chonje
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