Chiweyo Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Chiweyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chiweyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiweyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiweyo has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiweyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiweyo is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Chiweyo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiweyo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chiweyo is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Without taking into account Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 41 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 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 Chiweyo
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