Chidowe Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Chidowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 108 | 1:142,947 | 18,429 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Chidowe (40) may also be a first name.
Chidowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chidowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chidowe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chidowe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chidowe reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 40 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 142,947. In Zimbabwe Chidowe is most common in: Harare Province, where 39 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 19 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Chidowe
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