Chiwi Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Chiwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 93 | 1:170,429 | 11,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Chiwi (53) may also be a first name.
Chiwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwi is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 860,770th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Chiwi is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Chiwi reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwi is also the 1,366,219th most widely held first name globally, held by 53 people.
The surname Chiwi is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 170,429. In Zambia Chiwi is most numerous in: Eastern Province, where 59 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 29 percent reside and Southern Province, where 3 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 24 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 Chiwi
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