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
The last name Chiwila is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chiwila.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwila? popularity and diffusion
Chiwila is the 152,982nd most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,534,799 people. The last name Chiwila 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 frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 97 people.
The surname Chiwila is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,546 people, or 1 in 6,225. In Zambia Chiwila is most prevalent in: Luapula Province, where 40 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside and Central Province, where 11 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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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