Chimwaya Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Chimwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 496 | 1:31,955 | 3,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 342 | 1:45,141 | 6,946 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chimwaya (16) may also be a first name.
Chimwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimwaya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimwaya is the 413,383rd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwaya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
Chimwaya is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 31,955. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 66 percent live, Central Province, where 12 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live and Malawi, where 0 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
- 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 Chimwaya
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