Nchenga Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Nchenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 250 | 1:63,400 | 5,655 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nchenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nchenga occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nchenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 666,162nd most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchenga reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 63,400. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 57 percent are found, Southern Province, where 40 percent are found and Eastern Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zambia Nchenga exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 35 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Nchenga
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