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 surname Chiwayu is most common in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 388,118th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,973,245 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwayu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Chiwayu is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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