Charangwa Surname

485,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Charangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Charangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6591:23,4273,543
England181:3,095,448105,421
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Charangwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Charangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Charangwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Charangwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 485,250th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Charangwa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 659 people, or 1 in 23,427. In Zimbabwe Charangwa is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 68 percent reside, Harare Province, where 22 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 5 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Charongwa8944/
Sharangwa8915/
Harang'wa891/
Sarangwa82127/
Harangua821/
Jarangwa821/
Caranguay781,496/
Sarangwat7854/
Chorongwa781/
Charangue781/
Sarangua7145/
Zarongwa7115/
Harangue713/
Harangui713/
Jarangwe711/
Dzarongwa6729/
Harrangue673/
Sarangbai671/
Jarangue59117/
Horongwi5923/
Zarangbo5921/
Sarangbo591/
Horongwe591/
Haroungue5615/

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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 Charangwa
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