Chakhava Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Chakhava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 134 | 1:27,952 | 4,484 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Chakhava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakhava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chakhava (Georgian: ჩახავა, Russian: Чахава) is found most frequently in Georgia. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakhava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Chakhava are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in Georgia, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 27,952. In Georgia Chakhava is most common in: Tbilisi, where 70 percent reside, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 17 percent reside and Imereti, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Georgia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 5 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakhava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakhava in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩახავა | chakhava | - |
| Chakhava in the Russian language | ||
| Чахава | cahava | - |
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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 Chakhava
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