Chilewa Surname
Approximately 3,500 people bear this surname
Chilewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,476 | 1:15,231 | 1,973 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chilewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilewa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chilewa is the 129,316th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,082,156 people. The last name Chilewa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilewa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,476 people, or 1 in 15,231. In Tanzania Chilewa is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 10 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent live and The United States, 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 Chilewa
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