Cheewai Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Cheewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Cheewai (541) may also be a first name.
Cheewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheewai occurs in Singapore more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheewai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Cheewai reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Cheewai is also the 362,348th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 541 people.
The last name Cheewai is most numerous in Singapore, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 183,590. Not including Singapore this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Cheewai
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