Chimowa Surname
Approximately 3,336 people bear this surname
Chimowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,588 | 1:6,615 | 948 |
| Zambia | 388 | 1:40,850 | 4,012 |
| Zimbabwe | 349 | 1:44,236 | 6,805 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimowa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimowa? popularity and diffusion
Chimowa is the 134,880th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,184,516 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimowa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,588 people, or 1 in 6,615. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.
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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 Chimowa
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