Chikawe Surname
Approximately 3,471 people bear this surname
Chikawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,469 | 1:15,261 | 1,977 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Chikawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikawe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chikawe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikawe? popularity and diffusion
Chikawe is the 130,359th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,099,552 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikawe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,469 people, or 1 in 15,261. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 54 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 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 Chikawe
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