Charwe Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Charwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Charwe (50) may also be a first name.
Charwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Charwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Charwe is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Charwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Charwe? popularity and diffusion
Charwe is the 1,775,494th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Charwe are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 50 people.
The last name Charwe is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 69 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 9 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 9 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Charwe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Charwe
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