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
The surname Chamawa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Chamawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamawa reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe Chamawa is most common in: Midlands Province, where 95 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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
- 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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