Chamwe Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Chamwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 163 | 1:97,239 | 7,852 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chamwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chamwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamwe? popularity and diffusion
Chamwe is the 1,353,468th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamwe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 97,239. In Zambia Chamwe is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 46 percent are found, Central Province, where 34 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Chamwe is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chamwe
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