Chihwa Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Chihwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chihwa (38) may also be a first name.
Chihwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chihwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chihwa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 38 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 257,304. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Chihwa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and The United States, 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 Chihwa
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