Chawasema Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chawasema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chawasema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3901:39,5856,118
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chawasema Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chawasema Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chawasema is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chawasema? popularity and diffusion

Chawasema is the 726,304th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chawasema are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chawasema is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 390 people, or 1 in 39,585. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 55 percent are found, Harare Province, where 24 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chavasema891/
Cawashima784/
Sawashima67602/
Habashima6719/
Havashemi673/
Hawashimi672/
Jawasemeh671/
Saiwaishima60106/
Habasime591/
Habasimeh561/

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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 Chawasema
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