Chikwawa Surname
Approximately 2,385 people bear this surname
Chikwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,248 | 1:7,615 | 1,125 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 1:118,756 | 16,091 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chikwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikwawa is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 178,955th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,055,575 people. Chikwawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwawa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,248 people, or 1 in 7,615. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikwaiwa | 94 | 76 | / |
| Chikhwawa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chikwahwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chikwava | 88 | 1,388 | / |
| Chikwawe | 88 | 497 | / |
| Chikwewa | 88 | 239 | / |
| Chikwawo | 88 | 23 | / |
| Chikwawi | 88 | 10 | / |
| Chikwehwa | 82 | 126 | / |
| Chukwuawa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chikweva | 75 | 143 | / |
| Chikwewo | 75 | 54 | / |
| Chigwava | 75 | 8 | / |
| Chigwaba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chicwava | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chikwavi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chikwave | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshikwaba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chukwuewa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chukwuawo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chingwava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gigwawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zikwava | 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 Chikwawa
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