Chinguwo Surname

95,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,981 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chinguwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinguwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,5481:3,764507
Zimbabwe3931:39,2836,076
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zambia111:1,440,90231,383
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chinguwo (13) may also be a first name.

Chinguwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chinguwo is found most in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinguwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 95,533rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,463,069 people. The last name Chinguwo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinguwo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name in the world, held by 13 people.

It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 4,548 people, or 1 in 3,764. Beside Malawi it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cinguwo931/
Chinguwa88652/
Chinguvo88162/
Chingowo88151/
Chingubo8838/
Chingauwa821/
Zinguwo8070/
Kinguwo803/
Chinenguwa7820/
Chunguwa755/
Chinguva753/
Chinguba752/
Shinguwa751/
Chingiwa751/
Singuwa67249/
Zinguvo6773/
Kingowo6721/
Senguwo6716/
Singubo673/
Chinenguva671/
Chengiwa637/
Chenguva635/
Shenguwa631/
Kinguba53219/
Henguva53130/
Kinguva5347/
Ginguba5322/
Kenguwa534/
Qunguwa533/
Singuba533/
Senguwa531/
Zinguva531/
Senguhwa503/
Sengguwa501/
Ssengubo501/
Sing'uba501/
Dzenguwa501/
Chengiva501/

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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 Chinguwo
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