Choweni Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Choweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 71 | 1:223,238 | 14,032 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Choweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Choweni is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Choweni.
How Common Is The Last Name Choweni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Choweni are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Choweni is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 223,238. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 55 percent live, Central Province, where 35 percent live and Northern Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs 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 Choweni
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