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 can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Chilewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilewa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 129,316th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,082,156 people. The surname Chilewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilewa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Chilewa is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,476 people, or 1 in 15,231. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 10 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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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