Cheaw Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Cheaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Cheaw (143) may also be a first name.
Cheaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheaw is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheaw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Cheaw is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Cheaw reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Cheaw is also the 772,378th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 143 people.
The surname Cheaw is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia Cheaw is mostly concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 32 percent reside, Kelantan, where 26 percent reside and Selangor, where 16 percent reside. Barring Malaysia Cheaw exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 15 percent reside and Thailand, where 15 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 Cheaw
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