Chikwaku Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Chikwaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 170 | 1:90,813 | 13,040 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chikwaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikwaku is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwaku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chikwaku is the 1,295,379th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikwaku live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 90,813. In Zimbabwe Chikwaku is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 54 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 14 percent are found and Harare Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Chikwaku occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Iceland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chikwaku
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