Chungwe Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Chungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 114 | 1:139,034 | 10,179 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chungwe (43) may also be a first name.
Chungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chungwe is found most in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chungwe? popularity and diffusion
Chungwe is the 889,654th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chungwe reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 43 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 139,034. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 62 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 21 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
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- 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 Chungwe
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