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
The last name Chiwayu occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwayu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwayu is the 388,118th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,973,245 people. The last name Chiwayu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwayu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwayu is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Apart from Malawi Chiwayu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and India, where 0 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 Chiwayu
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