Mchiwa Surname
Approximately 3,416 people bear this surname
Mchiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,393 | 1:15,603 | 2,028 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
Mchiwa (155) may also be a first name.
Mchiwa Demographics
Average Mchiwa Salary in
South Africa
R 27,732
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mchiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mchiwa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mchiwa is the 132,178th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,133,357 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchiwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 738,219th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 155 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,393 people, or 1 in 15,603. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 80 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 6 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Mchiwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mchiwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.33% less than the national average, earning R 27,732 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mochiwa | 92 | 397 | / |
| Machiwa | 92 | 223 | / |
| Mchaiwa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Mciwa | 91 | 29 | / |
| Makchiwa | 86 | 38 | / |
| Machiwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mchawa | 83 | 1,272 | / |
| Mchewa | 83 | 897 | / |
| Mociwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Machiva | 77 | 539 | / |
| Makhiwa | 77 | 306 | / |
| Machewa | 77 | 58 | / |
| Machiwe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Machiwi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mockiwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Machiwo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mokhiwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Maqhiwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mcheywa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mochewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mochiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mciva | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mokhuiwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Moceiwai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Machivha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Maichiwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mocheywa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahaqiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makiwa | 67 | 8,099 | / |
| Mokiwa | 67 | 4,437 | / |
| Mchawi | 67 | 826 | / |
| Mchavi | 67 | 469 | / |
| Maciva | 67 | 142 | / |
| Mchive | 67 | 45 | / |
| Macuwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mashkiwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maqiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moucheiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKiva | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mchiwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis