Chiwasha Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Chiwasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 164 | 1:96,646 | 7,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiwasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwasha occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwasha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwasha is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwasha live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chiwasha is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 96,646. In Zambia Chiwasha is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 43 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 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
- 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 Chiwasha
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