Chiwire Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Chiwire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 212 | 1:72,822 | 10,797 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Chiwire (16) may also be a first name.
Chiwire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwire occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiwire is the 758,524th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. Chiwire is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwire reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwire is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 72,822. In Zimbabwe Chiwire is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 30 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Midlands Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Chiwire exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Chiwire
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