Chiwisa Surname
Approximately 1,400 people bear this surname
Chiwisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,115 | 1:14,215 | 1,626 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwisa (121) may also be a first name.
Chiwisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwisa occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwisa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,904th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,205,390 people. Chiwisa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwisa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 121 people.
Chiwisa is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,115 people, or 1 in 14,215. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 42 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Chiwisa occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Chiwisa
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