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
The surname Chaiwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaiwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaiwe live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,460th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 495 people.
The last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,264,275. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 43 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found. Barring Zambia Chaiwe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
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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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