Chiwana Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Chiwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 322 | 1:49,223 | 4,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiwana (78) may also be a first name.
Chiwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwana is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwana? popularity and diffusion
Chiwana is the 674,066th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwana is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 78 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 49,223. In Zambia Chiwana is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 37 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 34 percent live and North-Western Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Angola, where 6 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 Chiwana
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