Chilawa Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Chilawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 201 | 1:78,855 | 6,716 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chilawa (30) may also be a first name.
Chilawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilawa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 825,152nd most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name Chilawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilawa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chilawa is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 78,855. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 54 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia Chilawa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 1 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 Chilawa
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