Chipwanya Surname
Approximately 1,381 people bear this surname
Chipwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,247 | 1:12,380 | 1,648 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chipwanya (32) may also be a first name.
Chipwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chipwanya has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chipwanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 279,796th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,277,006 people. The surname Chipwanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipwanya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 32 people.
Chipwanya is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,247 people, or 1 in 12,380. In Zimbabwe Chipwanya is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Chipwanya
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