Chavai Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Chavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chavai (15) may also be a first name.
Chavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chavai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ, Hindi: चवाई, Marathi: चवई) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chavai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,604,449th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Chavai are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chavai is also the 2,900,335th most common first name on earth, held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 7,102,457. In India Chavai is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 96 percent reside and Telangana, where 3 percent reside. Besides India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 10 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chavai in the Hindi language | ||
| चवाई | cava'i | - |
| Chavai in the Marathi language | ||
| चवई | cava'i | 98.78 |
| चवाई | cava'i | 1.22 |
| Chavai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ | alshafy | 90.91 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻊ | alshaf | 9.09 |
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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 Chavai
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