Chunika Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chunika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chunika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia811:195,67812,934
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Chunika (66) may also be a first name.

Chunika Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chunika (Hindi: चुनिका, Oriya: ଚୁନିକା, Russian: Чуника) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chunika.

How Common Is The Last Name Chunika? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,674,734th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Chunika is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chunika are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 66 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 195,678. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Province, where 58 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent reside and Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia Chunika exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and Malawi, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chunika Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chunika in the Oriya language
ଚୁନିକାcunika-
Chunika in the Hindi language
चुनिकाcunika66.67
चुणिकाcunika33.33
Chunika in the Russian language
Чуникаcunika-

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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 Chunika
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