Nchenya Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Nchenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Nchenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nchenya is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchenya? popularity and diffusion
Nchenya is the 2,106,139th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. Nchenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchenya are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nchenya is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent live, Southwest Region, where 3 percent live and West Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
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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 Nchenya
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