Chiwila Surname
Approximately 2,875 people bear this surname
Chiwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,546 | 1:6,225 | 754 |
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwila (97) may also be a first name.
Chiwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwila is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 152,982nd most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,534,799 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwila live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 97 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 2,546 people, or 1 in 6,225. In Zambia Chiwila is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 40 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside and Central Province, where 11 percent reside. Beside Zambia this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, 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
- 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 Chiwila
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