Chiwaka Surname

115,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,983 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chiwaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiwaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,5621:6,682962
Zimbabwe1,3241:11,6601,515
Zambia311:511,28822,588
Tanzania241:2,205,90148,025
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Chiwaka (259) may also be a first name.

Chiwaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chiwaka is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiwaka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 115,852nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,829,663 people. The last name Chiwaka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwaka reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwaka is also the 553,262nd most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 259 people.

This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 2,562 people, or 1 in 6,682. Aside from Malawi Chiwaka exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.

Chiwaka Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Chiwaka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.92% less than the national average, earning R 76,236 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

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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 Chiwaka
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