Chiwala Surname
Approximately 12,225 people bear this surname
Chiwala Surname Definition:
Chiwala is a surname of the Lamba tribe, meaning: a royal title.
Chiwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 8,916 | 1:1,778 | 247 |
| Malawi | 2,902 | 1:5,899 | 841 |
| Kenya | 168 | 1:274,880 | 18,068 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 1:113,516 | 15,504 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chiwala (301) may also be a first name.
Chiwala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chiwala is a surname of the Lamba tribe, meaning: a royal title.
Chiwala Demographics
Average Chiwala Salary in
United States
$38,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chiwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwala occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,600th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 596,118 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwala live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 507,810th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 301 people.
The last name Chiwala is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 8,916 people, or 1 in 1,778. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 25 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Chiwala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chiwala surname is primarily Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
The amount Chiwala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 92.81% more than the national average, earning R 458,196 per year and in United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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