Chiwe Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Chiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwe (902) may also be a first name.
Chiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,239,697th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chiwe reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 270,251st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 902 people.
The surname Chiwe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 25 percent live, Adamawa, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria Chiwe occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 21 percent live and Botswana, where 15 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 Chiwe
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