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 occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 279,796th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,277,006 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipwanya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chipwanya is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 32 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,247 people, or 1 in 12,380. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Chipwanya
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