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
Chikwaku is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwaku? popularity and diffusion
Chikwaku is the 1,295,379th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikwaku are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common 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 live, Manicaland Province, where 14 percent live and Harare Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 1 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 Chikwaku
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