Chibwowa Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Chibwowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 134 | 1:115,211 | 15,687 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chibwowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chibwowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chibwowa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chibwowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chibwowa is the 1,527,735th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chibwowa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chibwowa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 115,211. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 61 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 19 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Chibwowa
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