Chindowa Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Chindowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 295 | 1:52,333 | 7,962 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Chindowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chindowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chindowa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chindowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chindowa is the 893,754th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name Chindowa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chindowa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 52,333. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 19 percent live and Harare Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, 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 Chindowa
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