Chiwau Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Chiwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 156 | 1:339,369 | 25,249 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Chiwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwau is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chiwau.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. Chiwau is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwau are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 339,369. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 94 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Chiwau is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 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 Chiwau
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