Chihana

Chichewa

Etymology

From Tumbuka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈhá.na/

Proper noun

Chihána

a surname from Tumbuka

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chihana was the 125th most common surname in Malawi (12 958 persons = 0.1 percent of the population) and the c. 1040th most common surname in Zambia (1 656 persons).