Chomwa Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Chomwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chomwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chomwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chomwa is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chomwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chomwa are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chomwa is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 95 percent reside, Eastern Province, where 2 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Chomwa
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