Chilwana Surname

713,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chilwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3281:48,3234,592
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Chilwana (11) may also be a first name.

Chilwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chilwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chilwana is most common in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chilwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 713,660th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. The surname Chilwana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilwana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name globally, borne by 11 people.

The surname Chilwana is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 48,323. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 47 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 38 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Chilwana Last Name Statistics demography

Chilwana earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.15% less than the national average, earning R 227,772 per year.

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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 Chilwana
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