Chingwalo Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Chingwalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chingwalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chingwalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chingwalo is found most in Malawi. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Chingwalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingwalo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chingwalo is the 689,921st most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingwalo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Not including Malawi it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingwala | 89 | 8 | / |
| Chingwelo | 89 | 4 | / |
| Tshingwalo | 84 | 21 | / |
| Ching'welo | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hingwala | 82 | 64 | / |
| Zingwalo | 82 | 18 | / |
| Shingwala | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chingwela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshingwala | 74 | 50 | / |
| Chinkwaila | 74 | 28 | / |
| Tchengbalo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kingwala | 71 | 84 | / |
| Hingvala | 71 | 61 | / |
| Singwala | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hingbala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Singcwala | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tsingwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Singwalia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Singhwalia | 63 | 20 | / |
| Singhwalla | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kingwallah | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sincwala | 59 | 123 | / |
| Sengwala | 59 | 5 | / |
| Kinguala | 59 | 4 | / |
| Zingbolo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sinqwala | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sinkcwala | 56 | 2 | / |
| Gingualla | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Chingwalo
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