Chaswe Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Chaswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 540 | 1:29,352 | 3,037 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chaswe (21) may also be a first name.
Chaswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaswe occurs most in Zambia. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaswe? popularity and diffusion
Chaswe is the 576,965th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. Chaswe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaswe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chaswe is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 21 people.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 540 people, or 1 in 29,352. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 56 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chaswe
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