Chengwa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Chengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chengwa (462) may also be a first name.
Chengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chengwa occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chengwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chengwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chengwa live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 396,762nd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 462 people.
The surname Chengwa is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon Chengwa is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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 Chengwa
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