Chinowe Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Chinowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 119 | 1:129,733 | 17,214 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chinowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chinowe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinowe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,658,108th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinowe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 129,733. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 45 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chinowe
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