Chiwiya Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Chiwiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Chiwiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwiya is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiwiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 764,765th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwiya live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Beside Malawi this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 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
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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
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