Chiwayu Surname
Approximately 914 people bear this surname
Chiwayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 863 | 1:19,837 | 3,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiwayu (23) may also be a first name.
Chiwayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwayu is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwayu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 388,118th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,973,245 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwayu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwayu is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name globally, held by 23 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Without taking into account Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and India, where 0 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
- 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 Chiwayu
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