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
The last name Chimwayi occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimwayi is the 675,256th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. Chimwayi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chimwayi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 51,981. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 38 percent reside, Harare Province, where 23 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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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