Chiwetera Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Chiwetera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiwetera (9) may also be a first name.
Chiwetera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwetera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwetera occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwetera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwetera is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwetera live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most common first name at a global level, borne by 9 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Chiwetera is most frequent in: Abia, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 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 Chiwetera
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