Chaungwa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Chaungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| Tanzania | 68 | 1:778,553 | 42,281 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chaungwa (20) may also be a first name.
Chaungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaungwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chaungwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaungwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,459,453rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaungwa reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chaungwa is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 20 people.
The last name Chaungwa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe Chaungwa is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 69 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 47 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 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 Chaungwa
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