Chakawa Surname
Approximately 2,525 people bear this surname
Chakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,869 | 1:8,260 | 969 |
| Zambia | 543 | 1:29,190 | 3,022 |
| Japan | 57 | 1:2,242,882 | 29,184 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chakawa (101) may also be a first name.
Chakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chakawa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 170,657th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,886,157 people. Chakawa is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chakawa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most common given name globally, borne by 101 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,869 people, or 1 in 8,260. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 19 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 22 percent are found and Japan, where 2 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 Chakawa
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