Chagwinya Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Chagwinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 129 | 1:119,676 | 16,190 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chagwinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagwinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chagwinya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagwinya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chagwinya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 119,676. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 81 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent live and Midlands Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakwinya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chagwenya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chogwinya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Changwenya | 84 | 3 | / |
| Chingwinya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chan'gwenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chakwenya | 78 | 998 | / |
| Chagwenha | 78 | 72 | / |
| Chagwenja | 78 | 13 | / |
| Hangwenya | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chingwenya | 74 | 21 | / |
| Khongwinya | 74 | 8 | / |
| Chimkwinya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Jakwinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chagwenje | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chaquinha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaguinho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chacuinha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimkwenya | 63 | 157 | / |
| Chongwinjo | 63 | 2 | / |
| Khongvinya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chongwenjia | 60 | 1 | / |
| Hakwenye | 59 | 177 | / |
| Hagbenyo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hangwenje | 56 | 1 | / |
| Chingwenje | 53 | 54 | / |
| Chanquinie | 53 | 2 | / |
| Chinkwinji | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Chagwinya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis