Chemwa Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Chemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 234 | 1:197,350 | 14,473 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chemwa (91) may also be a first name.
Chemwa Demographics
Chemwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chemwa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 978,274th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname Chemwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemwa are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chemwa is also the 998,282nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 91 people.
The last name Chemwa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 197,350. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 93 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent are found and Bomet County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Chemwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chemwa
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