Chamwa Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Chamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chamwa (31) may also be a first name.
Chamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chamwa is the 1,511,557th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chamwa are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 117,849. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 68 percent live, Harare Province, where 19 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 12 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Chamwa is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Chamwa
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