Chabwa Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Chabwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Chabwa (11) may also be a first name.
Chabwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chabwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chabwa is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chabwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chabwa is the 713,660th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. The surname Chabwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chabwa live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The last name Chabwa is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Apart from Malawi Chabwa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Chabwa
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