Chamanwa Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Chamanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 97 | 1:159,157 | 19,937 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chamanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamanwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamanwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamanwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 159,157. In Zimbabwe Chamanwa is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 78 percent are found and Harare Province, where 22 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe Chamanwa occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchamanwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hamanwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Hammanwa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Shamanwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Camanua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chamamba | 75 | 50 | / |
| Chomonwa | 75 | 15 | / |
| Samanway | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chamanbi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chamanbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shamanba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shamanva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Comanway | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chamanbeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamanouha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchamamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schamamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chamanbee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hammonway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hamamba | 67 | 531 | / |
| Samanba | 67 | 34 | / |
| Hamanbi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hamanui | 67 | 7 | / |
| Samanwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Samanua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jameaunwai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Somanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zamanva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chamanwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis