Chingowe Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chingowe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chingowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Tanzania1021:519,03534,109
Zimbabwe531:291,28829,631
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chingowe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chingowe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chingowe occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chingowe? popularity and diffusion

Chingowe is the 738,530th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname Chingowe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingowe are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Chingowe is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Beside Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 14 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
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  • 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 Chingowe
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