Chawanga Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Chawanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Chawanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawanga has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,041,601st most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Chawanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chawanga reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 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 Chawanga
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