Chicava Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Chicava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chicava (116) may also be a first name.
Chicava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chicava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chicava is held by more people in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chicava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chicava is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Chicava live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 868,627th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 116 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mozambique, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 757,266. Beside Mozambique it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 19 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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 Chicava
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