Chalewa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Chalewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chalewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalewa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Chalewa is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chalewa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 566,069. In Zambia Chalewa is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 86 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Chalewa
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