Chongwa Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Chongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Chongwa (125) may also be a first name.
Chongwa Demographics
Chongwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chongwa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 804,502nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chongwa live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 832,731st most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 125 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi Chongwa exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Chongwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chongwa last name is principally Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Chongwa
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