Chawai Surname
Approximately 678 people bear this surname
Chawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 349 | 1:507,572 | 25,233 |
| Niger | 295 | 1:65,058 | 3,000 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Chawai (187) may also be a first name.
Chawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chawai (Tibetan: ཆ་་བའི་) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Chawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 488,996th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,748,593 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chawai are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 665,130th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 187 people.
The last name Chawai is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 507,572. In Nigeria Chawai is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 79 percent live, Plateau, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 44 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chawai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་བའི་ | chabé | - |
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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 Chawai
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