Chiangwa Surname

620,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4941:31,2514,826
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chiangwa (20) may also be a first name.

Chiangwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chiangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chiangwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiangwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 620,716th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name Chiangwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiangwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiangwa is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 494 people, or 1 in 31,251. In Zimbabwe Chiangwa is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 65 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 10 percent live and Harare Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Chiangwa
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