Chiwata Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Chiwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 203 | 1:76,050 | 11,208 |
| Zambia | 101 | 1:156,930 | 11,128 |
| Japan | 54 | 1:2,367,487 | 29,899 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiwata (18) may also be a first name.
Chiwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwata is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwata? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 492,243rd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. Chiwata is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Chiwata reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwata is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 175,886. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 50 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent live and Arusha Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Chiwata exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent live and Zambia, where 15 percent live.
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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 Chiwata
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