Chirwaa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chirwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chirwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chirwaa is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirwaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chirwaa is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chirwaa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 17,119,109. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 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
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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 Chirwaa
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