Chiwaye Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Chiwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 127 | 1:121,561 | 16,372 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chiwaye Demographics
Average Chiwaye Salary in
South Africa
R 227,376
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chiwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwaye is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwaye live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 121,561. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 62 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Chiwaye Last Name Statistics demography
Chiwaye earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.32% less than the national average, earning R 227,376 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 Chiwaye
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