Chavu Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Chavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Zambia | 45 | 1:352,220 | 18,524 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chavu (57) may also be a first name.
Chavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chavu (Hindi: चावु, Marathi: चावु, Russian: Чаву) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chavu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 770,644th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The surname Chavu occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Chavu reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 57 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 360,388. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Zambia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chavu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chavu in the Marathi language | ||
| चावु | cavu | 75 |
| चावू | cavu | 16.67 |
| चवु | cavu | 8.33 |
| Chavu in the Hindi language | ||
| चावु | cavu | 50 |
| चवु | cavu | 50 |
| Chavu in the Russian language | ||
| Чаву | cavu | - |
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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 Chavu
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