Nchanji Surname

240,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nchanji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nchanji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,6481:12,6031,698
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nchanji (46) may also be a first name.

Nchanji Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nchanji is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchanji? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 240,523rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,382,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nchanji are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 46 people.

The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,648 people, or 1 in 12,603. In Cameroon Nchanji is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 63 percent live, Southwest Region, where 12 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Nchanji Last Name Statistics demography

Nchanji earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD 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
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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 Nchanji
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