Chakava Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Chakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 158 | 1:292,278 | 18,763 |
| Ukraine | 37 | 1:1,230,343 | 106,187 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chakava (37) may also be a first name.
Chakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chakava (Hindi: चकवा, Marathi: चकवा, Russian: Чакава) is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,020,242nd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Chakava are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chakava is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 37 people.
Chakava is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 292,278. In Kenya Chakava is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 64 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 34 percent reside and Baringo County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 15 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakava in the Hindi language | ||
| चकवा | cakava | - |
| Chakava in the Marathi language | ||
| चकवा | cakava | - |
| Chakava in the Russian language | ||
| Чакава | cakava | - |
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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 Chakava
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