Chiweyi Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Chiweyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 75 | 1:211,332 | 13,534 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiweyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiweyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiweyi is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiweyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiweyi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 211,332. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 80 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Zambia Chiweyi exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 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
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- 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 Chiweyi
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