Chilowa Surname
Approximately 1,840 people bear this surname
Chilowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,751 | 1:9,777 | 1,514 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilowa (110) may also be a first name.
Chilowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilowa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 221,677th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,960,623 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilowa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chilowa is also the 895,203rd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 110 people.
Chilowa is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 1,751 people, or 1 in 9,777. Without taking into account Malawi Chilowa occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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
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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 Chilowa
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