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 surname Chirwaa is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirwaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Chirwaa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chirwaa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 17,119,109. Outside of Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 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
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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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