Chisawo Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Chisawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chisawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chisawo is most common in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chisawo is the 1,009,375th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisawo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Not including Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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
- 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 Chisawo
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