Chagwira Surname
Approximately 910 people bear this surname
Chagwira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| Kenya | 57 | 1:810,174 | 31,920 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chagwira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagwira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chagwira is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chagwira.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagwira? popularity and diffusion
Chagwira is the 389,400th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,008,292 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chagwira are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changwira | 94 | 77 | / |
| Chakwira | 88 | 1,312 | / |
| Chagwera | 88 | 369 | / |
| Shagwira | 88 | 6 | / |
| Changwera | 82 | 10 | / |
| Chagwirei | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sagwira | 80 | 10 | / |
| Haguira | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zagwira | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chakwera | 75 | 2,340 | / |
| Chaguiri | 75 | 139 | / |
| Shakwira | 75 | 15 | / |
| Chaguera | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaquira | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sangwira | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chakwaire | 71 | 68 | / |
| Chaqueira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chakweire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chatkwire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shangwera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chasqueira | 67 | 258 | / |
| Zagwera | 67 | 131 | / |
| Saguira | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hagweri | 67 | 18 | / |
| Cokwira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cakwera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caquira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haguiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zakwira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaguira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haguire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haguera | 67 | 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 Chagwira
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