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 surname Chiwete is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,181,191st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwete reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwete is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 30 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 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 Chiwete
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