Chawira Surname
Approximately 1,995 people bear this surname
Chawira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,774 | 1:8,703 | 1,047 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Chawira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chawira is found most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chawira.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 207,490th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,652,905 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chawira live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chawira is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,774 people, or 1 in 8,703. In Zimbabwe Chawira is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 24 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 7 percent reside and England, where 1 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 Chawira
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