Chifwelu Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Chifwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 396 | 1:40,025 | 3,956 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chifwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifwelu is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifwelu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 727,600th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. Chifwelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chifwelu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chifwelu is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 396 people, or 1 in 40,025. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 37 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 34 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Zambia Chifwelu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 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
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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
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