Chiwoyo Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Chiwoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 84 | 1:183,789 | 21,931 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Chiwoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwoyo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwoyo? popularity and diffusion
Chiwoyo is the 904,049th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiwoyo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiwoyo is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live and England, 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 Chiwoyo
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