Chikwana Surname
Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname
Chikwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 967 | 1:17,703 | 2,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 645 | 1:23,935 | 3,616 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chikwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikwana has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chikwana is the 241,646th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,408,679 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikwana live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 967 people, or 1 in 17,703. Apart from Malawi it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikwanha | 94 | 1,980 | / |
| Chikhwana | 94 | 131 | / |
| Chikwanah | 94 | 44 | / |
| Cikwana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chikwainga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chickwanha | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanhah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chikwani | 88 | 678 | / |
| Chikwena | 88 | 353 | / |
| Chigwana | 88 | 171 | / |
| Chikwane | 88 | 118 | / |
| Chikuana | 88 | 85 | / |
| Chekwana | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chukwana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chicwana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanje | 82 | 1,454 | / |
| Chigwanha | 82 | 199 | / |
| Chikwanhi | 82 | 43 | / |
| Chiekwena | 82 | 17 | / |
| Chikwanyi | 82 | 11 | / |
| Chukwuana | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chuckwana | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chikwamha | 82 | 2 | / |
| Tshikwana | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chikuanah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chikwango | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chukwanha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cekwana | 80 | 740 | / |
| Hikwane | 80 | 21 | / |
| Higwana | 80 | 14 | / |
| Zikwana | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cikwano | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chiokwanhaha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cicwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cykwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chhinkwani | 78 | 24 | / |
| Tshikwanga | 78 | 4 | / |
| Tshikhwana | 78 | 2 | / |
| Stchekwana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chigwena | 75 | 142 | / |
| Chikweno | 75 | 14 | / |
| Chekwane | 75 | 7 | / |
| Tsikwana | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chekwani | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chiguana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chicuana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chekwena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiquana | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chikwenha | 71 | 51 | / |
| Chukwuano | 71 | 36 | / |
| Chikwamhi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chikuhane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chingwano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwenho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwonha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigwango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigwanhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwonge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshikwano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ciekwanou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chekwaner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chekwanyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshigwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zigwana | 67 | 39 | / |
| Tshikuanga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jikwane | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hiquana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cegwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chuckwuano | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chikwana
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