Chalowa Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Chalowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Zambia | 35 | 1:452,855 | 21,237 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chalowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalowa is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 573,706th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name Chalowa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalowa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Beside Malawi Chalowa occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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 Chalowa
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