Chiwaze Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiwaze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiwaze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe431:359,02933,752
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chiwaze Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chiwaze Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chiwaze is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiwaze? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chiwaze is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chiwaze live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Chiwaze is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 359,029. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 67 percent are found, Matabeleland North Province, where 28 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe Chiwaze is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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
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  • 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 Chiwaze
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