Chingwi Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chingwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chingwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Chingwi Last Name Facts

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

Chingwi is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chingwi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingwi reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chingwi is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe Chingwi is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 53 percent live, Midlands Province, where 40 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 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
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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 Chingwi
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