Chauya Surname
Approximately 2,475 people bear this surname
Chauya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,595 | 1:10,733 | 1,650 |
| Zimbabwe | 499 | 1:30,938 | 4,769 |
| Tanzania | 352 | 1:150,402 | 13,654 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chauya (255) may also be a first name.
Chauya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chauya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chauya (Hindi: चौया, Marathi: चौया) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 173,581st most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,944,463 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chauya live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 557,860th most common forename internationally, held by 255 people.
The surname Chauya is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,595 people, or 1 in 10,733. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chauya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chauya in the Hindi language | ||
| चौया | cauya | - |
| Chauya in the Marathi language | ||
| चौया | cauya | 33.33 |
| चाऊया | ca'uya | 33.33 |
| चऊया | ca'uya | 33.33 |
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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 Chauya
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