Chounyane Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Chounyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chounyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1111:488,08740,113
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Chounyane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chounyane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chounyane has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chounyane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,718,748th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chounyane are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Chounyane is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 488,087. In South Africa Chounyane is most prevalent in: North West, where 50 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 12 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Chounyane Last Name Statistics demography

Chounyane earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.25% more than the national average, earning R 292,884 per year.

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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 Chounyane
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