Chiawe Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Chiawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiawe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Chiawe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiawe are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 3,962,480. In Zambia Chiawe is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia Chiawe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Chiawe
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