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
Chomwa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chomwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. Chomwa is primarily found 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.
The surname Chomwa is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia Chomwa is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 95 percent reside, Eastern Province, where 2 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name occurs 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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