Chiwo Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Chiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chiwo (15) may also be a first name.
Chiwo Demographics
Chiwo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwo is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,718,748th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Chiwo live; 49 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 15 people.
The surname Chiwo is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 2,298,633. In Mexico Chiwo is most frequent in: San Luis Potosí, where 59 percent are found, Coahuila, where 13 percent are found and Mexico City, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Mexico it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Chiwo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Chiwo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chiwo
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