Chiwandira Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Chiwandira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
Chiwandira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwandira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwandira occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chiwandira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwandira? popularity and diffusion
Chiwandira is the 466,730th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,107,553 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwandira live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiwandira is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Besides Malawi this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiwandire | 90 | 779 | / |
| Chivandira | 90 | 3 | / |
| Chiwandiri | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chihwandire | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chivandire | 80 | 1,780 | / |
| Chibandire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kibandira | 74 | 6 | / |
| Chivendera | 70 | 50 | / |
| Keibandira | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kebandira | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zibandera | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chevendera | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ssebandira | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kebandera | 53 | 2 | / |
| Shybondera | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Chiwandira
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