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
The surname Chawey is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,148,257th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chawey are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Chawey is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held first name globally, held by 42 people.
The last name Chawey is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 93,620. In Niger it is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 48 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Chad, where 0 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 Chawey
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