Chisewa Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Chisewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chisewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chisewa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chisewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisewa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisewa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Bulawayo Province, where 52 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 34 percent reside and Harare Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 40 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 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 Chisewa
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