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 in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwisa is the 276,904th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,205,390 people. Chiwisa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwisa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most common first name on earth It is held by 121 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,115 people, or 1 in 14,215. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 42 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 24 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 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
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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 Chiwisa
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