Chawaya Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Chawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawaya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chawaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Chawaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Chawaya reside; 40 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chawaya is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 792,496. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 90 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 5 percent live and Western Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 30 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.
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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 Chawaya
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