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 found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chikwawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chikwawa is the 178,955th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,055,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwawa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chikwawa is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,248 people, or 1 in 7,615. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.
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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