Chaiwe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Chaiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chaiwe (495) may also be a first name.
Chaiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaiwe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chaiwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaiwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Chaiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaiwe are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chaiwe is also the 381,460th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 495 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,264,275. In Zambia Chaiwe is most frequent in: Luapula Province, where 43 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Chaiwe occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 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 Chaiwe
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