Chiway Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Chiway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chiway (11) may also be a first name.
Chiway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiway is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,152,526th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Chiway live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Apart from The DR Congo Chiway occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 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 Chiway
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