Chagwi Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Chagwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Chagwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chagwi is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagwi? popularity and diffusion
Chagwi is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chagwi are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Chagwi is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 721,561. In Kenya Chagwi is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 84 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 14 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
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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 Chagwi
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