Changalwa Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Changalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 522 | 1:88,467 | 7,998 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Changalwa (94) may also be a first name.
Changalwa Demographics
Changalwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Changalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Changalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Changalwa occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Changalwa? popularity and diffusion
Changalwa is the 588,441st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The surname Changalwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Changalwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Changalwa is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 94 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 88,467. In Kenya Changalwa is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 89 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Changalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Changalwa
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