Chiwere Surname
Approximately 2,219 people bear this surname
Chiwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,725 | 1:9,924 | 1,537 |
| Zimbabwe | 484 | 1:31,897 | 4,928 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwere (24) may also be a first name.
Chiwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwere occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 190,257th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,284,158 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwere are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiwere is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 24 people.
The surname Chiwere is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,725 people, or 1 in 9,924. Not including Malawi it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chiwere
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