Chigaweni Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Chigaweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chigaweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigaweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigaweni occurs most in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigaweni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigaweni is the 1,305,105th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigaweni live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chigaweni is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and Norway, where 1 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 Chigaweni
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