Chikwaya Surname
Approximately 1,106 people bear this surname
Chikwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 751 | 1:20,557 | 3,064 |
| Tanzania | 306 | 1:173,012 | 15,142 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chikwaya (19) may also be a first name.
Chikwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikwaya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwaya? popularity and diffusion
Chikwaya is the 333,948th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,589,101 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikwaya live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name internationally, held by 19 people.
The last name Chikwaya is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 751 people, or 1 in 20,557. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 36 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 34 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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 Chikwaya
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