Chaway Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Chaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 228 | 1:84,176 | 3,606 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chaway (111) may also be a first name.
Chaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaway occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaway? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,044,719th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Chaway is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chaway live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 890,531st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 111 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 84,176. In Niger Chaway is most common in: Zinder Region, where 77 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 14 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 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 Chaway
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