Chelwa Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Chelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zambia | 113 | 1:140,265 | 10,259 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chelwa (12) may also be a first name.
Chelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelwa is found most frequently in Malawi. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 554,992nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,696,073 people. The surname Chelwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chelwa live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chelwa is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Apart from Malawi Chelwa is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Tanzania, where 11 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 Chelwa
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