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
The surname Chawaya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Chawaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chawaya is the 2,661,929th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Chawaya occurs predominantly 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 numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 792,496. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 90 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 5 percent are found and Western Province, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Chawaya occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 30 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.
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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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