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
Nchenya is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchenya reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Nchenya is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 3 percent are found and West Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 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
- 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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