Chatawa Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Chatawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Chatawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chatawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chatawa occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chatawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chatawa is the 1,173,425th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname Chatawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Chatawa reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Chatawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chatawa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chatawa surname contracted 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Chatawa
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