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 surname Cheewai is borne by more people in Singapore than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cheewai.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheewai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Cheewai live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Cheewai is also the 362,348th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 541 people.
The surname Cheewai is most commonly occurring in Singapore, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 183,590. Barring Singapore this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Cheewai
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