Chiswili Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chiswili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiswili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia921:172,28211,887
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Chiswili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiswili occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chiswili.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiswili? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chiswili is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Chiswili occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiswili are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Chiswili is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 172,282. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 80 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in one country. It is also found in Botswana, where 4 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 Chiswili
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