Chiwele Surname
Approximately 4,730 people bear this surname
Chiwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4,652 | 1:3,407 | 427 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chiwele (156) may also be a first name.
Chiwele Demographics
Average Chiwele Salary in
United States
$79,062 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chiwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwele occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwele? popularity and diffusion
Chiwele is the 99,960th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,540,707 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwele reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwele is also the 735,679th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 156 people.
The last name Chiwele is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 4,652 people, or 1 in 3,407. In Zambia Chiwele is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 31 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Zambia Chiwele is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Chiwele Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chiwele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 171.84% more than the national average, earning R 645,996 per year; in United States they earn 83.23% more than the national average, earning $79,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.66% less than the national average, earning $44,388 CAD per year.
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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 Chiwele
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