Chiwaura Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Chiwaura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 511 | 1:30,212 | 4,642 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Chiwaura (17) may also be a first name.
Chiwaura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwaura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwaura is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwaura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 578,557th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwaura reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwaura is also the 2,694,839th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 17 people.
The surname Chiwaura is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 30,212. In Zimbabwe Chiwaura is most common in: Harare Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 4 percent live and Zambia, where 1 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
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- 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 Chiwaura
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