Chauwa Surname
Approximately 2,460 people bear this surname
Chauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,431 | 1:7,042 | 1,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chauwa (13) may also be a first name.
Chauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chauwa occurs most in Malawi. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauwa? popularity and diffusion
Chauwa is the 174,407th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,962,417 people. The last name Chauwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chauwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chauwa is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 2,431 people, or 1 in 7,042. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 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 Chauwa
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