Chisawa Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Chisawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Japan | 106 | 1:1,206,078 | 22,012 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
Chisawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chisawa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 623,516th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Chisawa live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chisawa is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Outside of Malawi Chisawa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 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 Chisawa
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