Chalawe Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Chalawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chalawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chalawe is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chalawe is the 998,609th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name Chalawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalawe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chalawe is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 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
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- 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 Chalawe
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