Chidawa Surname
Approximately 1,530 people bear this surname
Chidawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,361 | 1:130,156 | 8,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 1:100,904 | 14,195 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chidawa (543) may also be a first name.
Chidawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chidawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chidawa is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chidawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,425th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,763,102 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chidawa are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chidawa is also the 361,572nd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 543 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,361 people, or 1 in 130,156. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 23 percent live, Kaduna, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 19 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live and England, 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 Chidawa
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