Chang'A

surname · Latin script

Chang'A is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 6.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 7.4K
  • ESSpain1 in 1.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,600 people, est.

Sources
77 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

  • The book of African names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chang'A counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chang'A is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#544≈9,600 est.≈1 in 6.1K—Chang'A22
IN India—3221 in 4.1M322—12
GY Guyana—1011 in 7.4K101—1
ES Spain—401 in 1.3M40—6
NL Netherlands—61 in 2.9M6—4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chang'A is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Languages: Ukrainian, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Changa, Chängä, Chang-A

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Also written Changa

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Tanzania

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Changa

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Also written Changa

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Also written Changa

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Chang'A under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Chang'A have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.6 thousand people named Chang'A in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chang'a.
How common is the name Chang'A?
In India, the national register counted 322 people named Chang'A, about 1 in 4.1 million residents.
How common is Chang'A compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Chang'A is the 544th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chang'A” — the 544th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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