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
The last name Chanyawu occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanyawu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chanyawu is the 1,544,715th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Chanyawu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chanyawu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chanyawu is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 116,956. In Zimbabwe Chanyawu is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 46 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chanyawu
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