Chiweshe Surname

71,474th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiweshe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiweshe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6,2171:2,483164
Zambia4911:32,2813,300
England641:870,59545,570
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Chiweshe (219) may also be a first name.

Chiweshe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiweshe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chiweshe.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiweshe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 71,474th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,054,943 people. The last name Chiweshe is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiweshe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiweshe is also the 609,814th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 219 people.

The surname Chiweshe is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 6,217 people, or 1 in 2,483. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent are found, Harare Province, where 20 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Chiweshe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Chiweshe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.42% more than the national average, earning R 409,740 per year and in United States they earn 41.5% less than the national average, earning $25,241 USD 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 Chiweshe
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