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 last name Chafewa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Chafewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chafewa is the 593,568th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chafewa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chafewa is most common in Malawi, where it is held 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
- 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 Chafewa
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