Chiwete Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Chiwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiwete (30) may also be a first name.
Chiwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwete is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,181,191st most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. Chiwete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwete live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwete is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 9 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
- 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 Chiwete
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