Chapwa Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Chapwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chapwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chapwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chapwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chapwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Chapwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapwa reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chapwa is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 22 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Chapwa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Niger, where 3 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 Chapwa
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