Chihava Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Chihava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 562 | 1:27,470 | 4,224 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Chihava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihava has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 555,669th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chihava live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 562 people, or 1 in 27,470. In Zimbabwe Chihava is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 33 percent live, Midlands Province, where 21 percent live and Harare Province, where 19 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 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 Chihava
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