Chiwanza Surname

126,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiwanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiwanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3,1331:4,928478
Tanzania3221:164,41514,613
Zambia781:203,20413,208
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
England181:3,095,448105,421
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Chiwanza (158) may also be a first name.

Chiwanza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiwanza is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Chiwanza click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiwanza? popularity and diffusion

It is the 126,195th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,022,633 people. The surname Chiwanza is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwanza are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiwanza is also the 730,165th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 158 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 3,133 people, or 1 in 4,928. In Zimbabwe Chiwanza is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent reside, Harare Province, where 21 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Chiwanza
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