Chimwayi Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Chimwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 297 | 1:51,981 | 7,910 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimwayi is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chimwayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 675,256th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chimwayi live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 297 people, or 1 in 51,981. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 38 percent live, Harare Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Chimwayi exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 30 percent live and England, where 2 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 Chimwayi
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