Chiwetu Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Chiwetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 711 | 1:21,713 | 3,263 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chiwetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwetu is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwetu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 458,119th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chiwetu reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 711 people, or 1 in 21,713. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 38 percent live, Harare Province, where 32 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 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 Chiwetu
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