Nchewa Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nchewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nchewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nchewa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nchewa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nchewa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Nchewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchewa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Nchewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchewa live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Nchewa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchewah921/
Ncewa914/
Ncheba83313/
Nchiwa8313/
Nchewi8312/
Nchawa8310/
Nchewo832/
Nchewe831/
Nkhewa831/
Nchowah772/
Nkheswa772/
Ncheweh771/
Njewa733,991/
Ngewa732,285/
Nsewa73502/
Nkewa73313/
Nzewa73303/
Nciwa73107/
Nceba7337/
Nceva7311/
Nqewa731/
Nsheiwat7151/
Nchiewoh719/
Ntshiewa714/
Ngeywa671,342/
Ntsewa67235/
Ndjewa67223/
Nchiba6799/
Nchebe6755/
Ngeswa6728/
Nzeuwa6720/
Njewah6720/
Nkewah6711/
Nchiwo6711/
Nsewua679/
Nseuwa677/
Nshiwa674/
Ngewai673/
Ndzewa672/
Nsewah672/
Nchebi671/
Ncheve671/
Nchebo671/
Nchawo671/
Nkeuwa671/
Nchiwe671/
Nchiwi671/
Nchowo671/
Ncieva671/
Ngewua671/
Ngejwa671/
N'Sewa671/
N'Zewa671/
Nkewat671/
Nqhiwa671/
Nzeawa671/
Nzeswa671/
Nxhiwa671/
Nzewah671/
Nkiewa671/

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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 Nchewa
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