Chunje Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Chunje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chunje (19) may also be a first name.
Chunje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chunje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chunje (Marathi: झुंजे) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chunje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chunje are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 571,787. In Zimbabwe Chunje is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 96 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chunje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chunje in the Marathi language | ||
| झुंजे | jhunje | - |
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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 Chunje
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