Chaniwa Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Chaniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 269 | 1:57,391 | 8,703 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chaniwa (16) may also be a first name.
Chaniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaniwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaniwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 961,438th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Chaniwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaniwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chaniwa is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 57,391. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 27 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Chaniwa
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