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
The surname Chilewa occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chilewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 129,316th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 2,082,156 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilewa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,476 people, or 1 in 15,231. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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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