Achewa Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Achewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Achewa (11) may also be a first name.
Achewa Demographics
Achewa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Achewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achewa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Achewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Achewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Achewa is the 2,237,939th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Achewa reside; 49 percent reside in Central Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon Achewa is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 8 percent reside and North Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 40 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
Achewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Achewa last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Achewa
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