Chanwi Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Chanwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chanwi (490) may also be a first name.
Chanwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanwi occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanwi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chanwi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 383,918th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 490 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 83 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Chanwi is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 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 Chanwi
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