Chiwile Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Chiwile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 266 | 1:199,029 | 17,000 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwile occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwile? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 899,940th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwile live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 199,029. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mtwara Region, where 62 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 35 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent are found and East Timor, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chiwile
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