Chiwota Surname
Approximately 1,461 people bear this surname
Chiwota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,291 | 1:11,958 | 1,579 |
| Zambia | 147 | 1:107,823 | 8,449 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiwota (19) may also be a first name.
Chiwota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwota occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiwota.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwota is the 267,389th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,988,053 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwota live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwota is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,291 people, or 1 in 11,958. In Zimbabwe Chiwota is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 44 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Chiwota exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chiwota
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