Chihwe Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Chihwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chihwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihwe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chihwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihwe? popularity and diffusion
Chihwe is the 2,776,799th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chihwe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe Chihwe is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 38 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 31 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 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
- 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 Chihwe
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