Chawey Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Chawey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 205 | 1:93,620 | 3,909 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Chawey (42) may also be a first name.
Chawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawey is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,148,257th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chawey reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Chawey is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 42 people.
The last name Chawey is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 93,620. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 48 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Niger Chawey exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Chad, where 0 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
- 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 Chawey
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