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
Chilowa is found most in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 221,677th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,960,623 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilowa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most common given name on earth It is held by 110 people.
The last name Chilowa is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,751 people, or 1 in 9,777. Not including Malawi this last name exists 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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