Chamawa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Chamawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chamawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamawa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Chamawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamawa live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Midlands Province, where 95 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe Chamawa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 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 Chamawa
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