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 is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwasha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwasha live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 96,646. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 43 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found. Besides Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
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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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