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 last name Chiwisa is found most in Zambia. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Chiwisa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwisa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 276,904th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,205,390 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwisa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiwisa is also the 848,089th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 121 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,115 people, or 1 in 14,215. In Zambia Chiwisa is primarily found in: Western Province, where 42 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent reside. Barring Zambia this last name is found 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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