Chivila Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Chivila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 163 | 1:283,312 | 18,418 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chivila (14) may also be a first name.
Chivila Demographics
Chivila Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chivila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chivila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chivila is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chivila.
How Common Is The Last Name Chivila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name Chivila is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chivila live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 283,312. In Kenya Chivila is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 97 percent reside, Kwale County, where 2 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 14 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Chivila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chivila last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chivila
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