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 surname Chiwuya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,441,361st most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 98 percent live, Arusha Region, where 1 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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
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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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