Changwe Surname
Approximately 12,813 people bear this surname
Changwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 9,983 | 1:1,588 | 231 |
| DR Congo | 1,792 | 1:41,227 | 5,062 |
| Tanzania | 582 | 1:90,965 | 9,129 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Zimbabwe | 94 | 1:164,237 | 20,345 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Changwe (1,370) may also be a first name.
Changwe Demographics
Average Changwe Salary in
South Africa
R 9,360
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Changwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Changwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Changwe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Changwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Changwe is the 40,848th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 568,762 people. The surname Changwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Changwe reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Changwe is also the 211,618th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,370 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 9,983 people, or 1 in 1,588. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 52 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent reside. Beside Zambia Changwe exists in 15 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.
Changwe Last Name Statistics demography
Changwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 96.06% less than the national average, earning R 9,360 per year.
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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 Changwe
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