Chikwapa Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chikwapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Chikwapa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
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Chikwapa Demographics

Average Chikwapa Salary in
South Africa

R 159,180

Per year
Rank:
90,254 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
1.27034E-5
Rank: 149,114 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
66.98%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Chikwapa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chikwapa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chikwapa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chikwapa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikwapa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chikwapa is the 794,916th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. Chikwapa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwapa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chikwapa is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Chikwapa Last Name Statistics demography

Chikwapa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.02% less than the national average, earning R 159,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chikwape88341/
Chikwepa88144/
Chikwapi883/
Chikwapo881/
Chikwepo759/
Chukwuopa711/
Chiquepa634/
Chekwopop591/
Chukwuepo591/
Chiquepo501/

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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 Chikwapa
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