Chawelwa Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Chawelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 114 | 1:139,034 | 10,179 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Chawelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawelwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawelwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chawelwa is the 1,537,949th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chawelwa live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 139,034. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 30 percent live, Luapula Province, where 28 percent live and Northern Province, where 19 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 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 Chawelwa
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