Chanyawu Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Chanyawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 132 | 1:116,956 | 15,881 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chanyawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanyawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanyawu is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanyawu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. Chanyawu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chanyawu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chanyawu is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 116,956. In Zimbabwe Chanyawu is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 46 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chanyawu
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