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 held by more people in Georgia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakhava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,471,719th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Chakhava occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Chakhava live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The last name Chakhava is most frequently held in Georgia, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 27,952. In Georgia it is primarily found in: Tbilisi, where 70 percent are found, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 17 percent are found and Imereti, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Georgia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
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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