Chiwaya Surname
Approximately 35,235 people bear this surname
Chiwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 25,618 | 1:668 | 50 |
| Zambia | 5,946 | 1:2,666 | 344 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,500 | 1:10,292 | 1,296 |
| Kenya | 1,334 | 1:34,618 | 3,748 |
| Tanzania | 717 | 1:73,838 | 7,689 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Chiwaya (510) may also be a first name.
Chiwaya Demographics
Chiwaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chiwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwaya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwaya? popularity and diffusion
Chiwaya is the 15,826th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 206,827 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwaya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 374,596th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 510 people.
Chiwaya is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 25,618 people, or 1 in 668. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 17 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
Chiwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Chiwaya last name is principally Muslim (52%) in Kenya.
Chiwaya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.18% less than the national average, earning R 92,256 per year.
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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 Chiwaya
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