Chiwerera Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiwerera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiwerera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
England161:3,482,379114,324
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chiwerera Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chiwerera Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chiwerera is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiwerera? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chiwerera is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Chiwerera live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Chiwerera is primarily found in: Bulawayo Province, where 91 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 5 percent are found and Matabeleland South Province, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 40 percent are found and Malawi, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Chiwerera
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