Kachinya Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kachinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kachinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia411:386,58319,508
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kachinya Last Name Facts

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

Kachinya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kachinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kachinya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kachinya are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kachinya is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 386,583. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 78 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 12 percent are found and Southern Province, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kachinja88149/
Kachenya88131/
Kochinya881/
Kachinyo881/
Katshinya821/
Kazinya8049/
Kachyña802/
Kachiniasz781/
Kachenja75320/
Kochenya7549/
Kachenia7514/
Kochinia7513/
Kajjinya751/
Khaginya751/
Kazhenya751/
Kouchenya711/
Kazinja671,156/
Kacenia675/
Kaginja672/
Kazenya672/

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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 Kachinya
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