Chawiya Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Chawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
Chawiya (18) may also be a first name.
Chawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chawiya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 985,740th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chawiya reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chawiya is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name globally, held by 18 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 10 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 Chawiya
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