Chiwuya Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Chiwuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 96 | 1:551,475 | 35,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chiwuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwuya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chiwuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiwuya is the 1,441,361st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwuya live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 98 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Chiwuya is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Chiwuya
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