Changilwa Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Changilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Changilwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5221:88,4677,998
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Changilwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Changilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Changilwa is found most in Kenya. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Changilwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 592,650th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Changilwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Changilwa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 88,467. In Kenya Changilwa is primarily found in: Vihiga County, where 85 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Changilwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Changilwa surname is predominantly 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
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  • 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 Changilwa
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