Chawemba Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Chawemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chawemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawemba is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chawemba is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Chawemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chawemba live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chawemba is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 52,941,613. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Chawemba
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