Chahwa Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Chahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chahwa (100) may also be a first name.
Chahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chahwa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chahwa is the 1,052,587th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The surname Chahwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chahwa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chahwa is also the 946,056th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 100 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 317,080. Apart from The DR Congo Chahwa occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 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 Chahwa
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