Chikava Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Chikava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 896 | 1:17,230 | 2,512 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikava (34) may also be a first name.
Chikava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikava (Marathi: चीकवा, Russian: Чикава) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 371,278th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,536,242 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chikava reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chikava is also the 1,775,424th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 34 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 896 people, or 1 in 17,230. In Zimbabwe Chikava is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent reside, Harare Province, where 14 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 13 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chikava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chikava in the Marathi language | ||
| चीकवा | cikava | - |
| Chikava in the Russian language | ||
| Чикава | cikava | - |
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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 Chikava
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