Chunja Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Chunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chunja (49) may also be a first name.
Chunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chunja (Hindi: चुन्जा) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chunja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Chunja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Chunja are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chunja is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 49 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Chunja is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chunja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chunja in the Hindi language | ||
| चुन्जा | cunja | - |
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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 Chunja
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