Choongwa Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Choongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 162 | 1:97,839 | 7,878 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Choongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Choongwa occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choongwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,353,468th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Choongwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 97,839. In Zambia Choongwa is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 44 percent reside, Central Province, where 38 percent reside and Southern Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Choongwa
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