Chiewa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Chiewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Chiewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiewa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chiewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Chiewa are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiewa is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Chiewa is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 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 Chiewa
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