Chapwe Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Chapwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 273 | 1:58,058 | 5,299 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chapwe (59) may also be a first name.
Chapwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chapwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chapwe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chapwe? popularity and diffusion
Chapwe is the 687,524th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapwe are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chapwe is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 59 people.
Chapwe is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 58,058. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 33 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 27 percent are found and Northern Province, where 21 percent are found. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchapwe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Capwe | 91 | 68 | / |
| Chabwe | 83 | 1,272 | / |
| Chapwa | 83 | 30 | / |
| Chepwe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Chapue | 83 | 7 | / |
| Chopwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Hapwei | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hampwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chapwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tchopwe | 77 | 1,046 | / |
| Chapues | 77 | 447 | / |
| Cheepwe | 77 | 238 | / |
| Chapuez | 77 | 129 | / |
| Chaabwe | 77 | 59 | / |
| Chappue | 77 | 25 | / |
| Tshapwe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Chompwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tchabwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Chapuea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chapuie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Choopwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chapway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chapwoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chaipew | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sapwe | 73 | 1,773 | / |
| Habwe | 73 | 447 | / |
| Cabwe | 73 | 69 | / |
| Hapue | 73 | 19 | / |
| Capwa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Zapwe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Havwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hapwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Capue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chapwaya | 71 | 73 | / |
| Chappuie | 71 | 40 | / |
| Tchoupwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tchoopwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchobpwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ha'apwie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shapwa | 67 | 892 | / |
| Chabwa | 67 | 410 | / |
| Tsapwe | 67 | 353 | / |
| Chapui | 67 | 185 | / |
| Chabwi | 67 | 179 | / |
| Chobwe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Chabue | 67 | 34 | / |
| Chavbe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shapue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sapwez | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chopwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chebwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chopwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chavve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chabbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tcopwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shavwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shabwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hapues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaipuech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chapwe
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