Chiwenu Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Chiwenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiwenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwenu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chiwenu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwenu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwenu is the 3,432,070th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwenu reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 566,069. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 86 percent live and North-Western Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chihwenu | 93 | 38 | / |
| Tchihwenu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chibenu | 86 | 16 | / |
| Chiwanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tshiwenu | 80 | 588 | / |
| Chihuenu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chibenou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chiwanou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chewenou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chibenhu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiwenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hewenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chioveanu | 75 | 1,283 | / |
| Tshihwenu | 75 | 862 | / |
| Tchibenou | 75 | 56 | / |
| Tshiwengu | 75 | 21 | / |
| Tchewenou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tshiwhenu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chevanu | 71 | 26 | / |
| Shewenu | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chewanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shibenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chivinu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chivanhu | 67 | 225 | / |
| Chebinou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tshivenu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chivingu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chisvinu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chiwenu
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