Chiwera Surname
Approximately 780 people bear this surname
Chiwera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 338 | 1:45,675 | 7,010 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwera (22) may also be a first name.
Chiwera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwera occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 439,223rd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiwera are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiwera is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 43 percent live and England, where 2 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 Chiwera
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