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
The surname Chiwota occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwota? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 267,389th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,988,053 people. The surname is primarily found 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 commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 19 people.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,291 people, or 1 in 11,958. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 44 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common 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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