Chirowodza Surname

388,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 912 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chirowodza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chirowodza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8911:17,3272,527
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chirowodza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chirowodza Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chirowodza is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chirowodza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 388,780th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,990,730 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chirowodza live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 891 people, or 1 in 17,327. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 40 percent are found, Harare Province, where 28 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chirowodzah951/
Chirowodze9010/
Chirowodzi901/
Chirowadza901/
Chirowadca803/
Chirovedza801/
Kirowoza781/
Kirowooza741/
Chirobocia7043/
Chiruwadze701/
Kirowozo671/

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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
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  • 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 Chirowodza
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