Chiwasa Surname
Approximately 1,029 people bear this surname
Chiwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Zambia | 333 | 1:47,597 | 4,544 |
| Zimbabwe | 165 | 1:93,565 | 13,336 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chiwasa Demographics
Average Chiwasa Salary in
South Africa
R 105,744
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chiwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwasa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwasa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 353,738th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwasa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiwasa is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Besides Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 32 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found.
Chiwasa Last Name Statistics demography
Chiwasa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.5% less than the national average, earning R 105,744 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 Chiwasa
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