Chikwa Surname
Approximately 1,930 people bear this surname
Chikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,585 | 1:10,000 | 1,160 |
| Zimbabwe | 161 | 1:95,890 | 13,594 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikwa (84) may also be a first name.
Chikwa Demographics
Average Chikwa Salary in
South Africa
R 205,032
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikwa is most common in Zambia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 213,360th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,775,931 people. The surname Chikwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.
The last name Chikwa is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,585 people, or 1 in 10,000. In Zambia Chikwa is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent live, Luapula Province, where 25 percent live and Northern Province, where 20 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.
Chikwa Last Name Statistics demography
Chikwa earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.72% less than the national average, earning R 205,032 per year.
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 Chikwa
- 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