Chiwona Surname
Approximately 1,664 people bear this surname
Chiwona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zimbabwe | 361 | 1:42,765 | 6,589 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Chiwona (19) may also be a first name.
Chiwona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwona is found most in Malawi. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiwona is the 240,410th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,379,535 people. The last name Chiwona occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwona live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwona is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 19 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Aside from Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 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 Chiwona
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