Chanyowedza Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Chanyowedza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 103 | 1:149,886 | 19,081 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chanyowedza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanyowedza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanyowedza is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chanyowedza.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanyowedza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,785,358th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chanyowedza live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chanyowedza is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 149,886. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent live, Harare Province, where 28 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 22 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chanyewedza | 91 | 7 | / |
| Chinyowedze | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chinyewedze | 73 | 6 | / |
| Chiwandiza | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chinyadzwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chinwedozie | 64 | 3 | / |
| Chawntez | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chiwunduza | 57 | 28 | / |
| Chiwundiza | 57 | 20 | / |
| Chenedezzi | 57 | 7 | / |
| Chiwondiza | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shawntez | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shandwaz | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Chanyowedza
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