Chahawa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chahawa (225) may also be a first name.
Chahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chahawa is found most frequently in Niger. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chahawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chahawa is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Chahawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chahawa live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 599,828th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 225 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger Chahawa is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 71 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 29 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 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
- 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 Chahawa
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