Chikandwa Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Chikandwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 235 | 1:65,695 | 9,890 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chikandwa (13) may also be a first name.
Chikandwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikandwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikandwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikandwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,035,555th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. Chikandwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chikandwa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 65,695. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 37 percent reside, Harare Province, where 32 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, 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
- 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 Chikandwa
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