Wachimwa Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Wachimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wachimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachimwa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachimwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,409,418th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. Wachimwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wachimwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Wachimwa is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wachemwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Wakhimwai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wazimwa | 80 | 40 | / |
| Wasimwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wahchumwah | 78 | 18 | / |
| Wakimwai | 75 | 10 | / |
| Watzimwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bachimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bashimwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wagimwai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Washinwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wazeimwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Batchimba | 71 | 12 | / |
| Wacheemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wazemwa | 67 | 305 | / |
| Bacimva | 67 | 76 | / |
| Wajimba | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wazimba | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wasemwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Wasinwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bazimwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajemwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wachimwa
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