Chirava Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Chirava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 264 | 1:58,478 | 8,872 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Chirava (11) may also be a first name.
Chirava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chirava is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chirava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 968,490th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chirava reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Chirava is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 58,478. In Zimbabwe Chirava is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 42 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent are found and Harare Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Chirava occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chirava
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