Chisowa Surname
Approximately 941 people bear this surname
Chisowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 529 | 1:29,962 | 3,093 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Chisowa (15) may also be a first name.
Chisowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chisowa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 379,286th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisowa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chisowa is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name Chisowa is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 529 people, or 1 in 29,962. In Zambia it is most common in: Southern Province, where 36 percent live, Central Province, where 25 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia Chisowa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 42 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 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
- 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 Chisowa
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