Chiowa Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Chiowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chiowa (61) may also be a first name.
Chiowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiowa occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiowa is the 1,727,723rd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Chiowa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiowa live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous first name internationally, held by 61 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria Chiowa is primarily found in: Abia, where 62 percent reside, Enugu, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and Malawi, 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 Chiowa
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