Chihwata Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Chihwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
Chihwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chihwata occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihwata? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,558,593rd most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name Chihwata occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihwata live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chihwata is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 152,854. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 55 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 15 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Chihwata
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis