Chibwana Surname

21,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chibwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chibwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi18,0631:94877
Tanzania5,5431:9,5511,247
Zimbabwe8701:17,7452,602
Zambia5711:27,7582,906
England241:2,321,58686,519
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Chibwana (683) may also be a first name.

Chibwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chibwana occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chibwana? popularity and diffusion

Chibwana is the 21,685th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 290,364 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chibwana live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chibwana is also the 316,697th most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 683 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 18,063 people, or 1 in 948. Barring Malawi Chibwana is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
  • 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 Chibwana
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