Chimwa Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Chimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 216 | 1:71,473 | 10,617 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chimwa (19) may also be a first name.
Chimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,098,270th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 19 people.
The surname Chimwa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 71,473. In Zimbabwe Chimwa is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 37 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 21 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe Chimwa occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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
- 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 Chimwa
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