Chikwayi Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Chikwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 248 | 1:63,911 | 5,704 |
| Zimbabwe | 187 | 1:82,557 | 12,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chikwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikwayi is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chikwayi is the 681,965th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwayi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 63,911. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 76 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent live and North-Western Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 43 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Chikwayi
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