Chogwe Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Chogwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 193 | 1:274,309 | 21,578 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chogwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chogwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chogwe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chogwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,210,518th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name Chogwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chogwe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 274,309. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Chogwe exists in one country. It is also found in 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 Chogwe
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