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
The surname Chilawa is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 825,152nd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. Chilawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilawa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 78,855. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 54 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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