Chihowa Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Chihowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 926 | 1:16,672 | 2,443 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chihowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihowa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 381,197th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chihowa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chihowa is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 926 people, or 1 in 16,672. In Zimbabwe Chihowa is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Chihowa exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, 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
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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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