Chauva Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Chauva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
Chauva (446) may also be a first name.
Chauva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chauva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chauva (Hindi: चौवा, Marathi: चौवा) occurs most in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauva? popularity and diffusion
Chauva is the 7,117,718th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chauva live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 405,761st most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 446 people.
Chauva is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India it is most numerous in: Himachal Pradesh, where 50 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent live. Outside of India it exists in one country. It is also common in Cambodia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chauva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chauva in the Marathi language | ||
| चौवा | cauva | - |
| Chauva in the Hindi language | ||
| चौवा | cauva | 62.61 |
| चऊवा | ca'uva | 22.97 |
| चउवा | ca'uva | 13.51 |
| चाऊवा | ca'uva | 0.45 |
| चाउवा | ca'uva | 0.45 |
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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 Chauva
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