Chingwaya Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Chingwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 63 | 1:245,051 | 26,542 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
Chingwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chingwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chingwaya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingwaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingwaya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 245,051. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 70 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 33 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 Chingwaya
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