Chafewa Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Chafewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chafewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chafewa occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chafewa is the 593,568th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,881,040 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chafewa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chafewa is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 0 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 Chafewa
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