Chishakwe Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chishakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chishakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4681:32,9885,102
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533

Chishakwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chishakwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chishakwe is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chishakwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chishakwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 32,988. In Zimbabwe Chishakwe is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 74 percent reside, Harare Province, where 12 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chisakwe9414/
Chishakwa892/
Chisokwe82701/
Chisakwa8212/
Chisekwe821/
Chitsokwe78209/
Hisagwe751/
Chishongwe7410/
Chisokwa7177/
Chisagwa711/
Chisaque711/
Hishakui711/
Chissaque674,945/
Chissague671/
Chishogwa671/
Tchisaque671/
Chisongwe671/
Chisookwa671/
Chissangue631/
Tshishongwe604/
Hitsague595/
Chisaqui595/
Chichoque5614/

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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 Chishakwe
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