Muchaiwa Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Muchaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 280 | 1:55,137 | 8,349 |
| Zambia | 35 | 1:452,855 | 21,237 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muchaiwa (23) may also be a first name.
Muchaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchaiwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Muchaiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchaiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muchaiwa is the 853,416th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Muchaiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchaiwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 55,137. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 56 percent are found, Harare Province, where 21 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Muchaiwa
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