Cheiw Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Cheiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Cheiw (49) may also be a first name.
Cheiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheiw is found most in Malaysia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheiw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheiw is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Cheiw reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 49 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Cheiw is mostly concentrated in: Perak, where 50 percent reside and Selangor, where 50 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 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 Cheiw
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