Chilawe Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Chilawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chilawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilawe is most common in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Chilawe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilawe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, 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
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- 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 Chilawe
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