Chakowa Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Chakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 64 | 1:20,210 | 4,215 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chakowa occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chakowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,674,734th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Chakowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Chakowa reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 20,210. In Mauritius Chakowa is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Mauritius this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 17 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
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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 Chakowa
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