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 most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihowa is the 381,197th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chihowa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 926 people, or 1 in 16,672. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent are found, Harare Province, where 22 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chihowa
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