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 surname Chapwa occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chapwa? popularity and diffusion
Chapwa is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Chapwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapwa reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chapwa is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia Chapwa is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent live, Luapula Province, where 22 percent live and North-Western Province, where 15 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 3 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
- 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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