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 last name Chihowa is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihowa is the 381,197th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,794,167 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chihowa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 926 people, or 1 in 16,672. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside, Harare Province, where 22 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chihowa
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