Chawas Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Chawas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chawas (71) may also be a first name.
Chawas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chawas is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Chawas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Chawas live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 71 people.
The last name Chawas is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,160,134. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 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 Chawas
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