Chamatwa Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Chamatwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
Chamatwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamatwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamatwa is found most in Malawi. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamatwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 499,041st most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamatwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Besides Malawi Chamatwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 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 Chamatwa
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