Chemaywa Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chemaywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chemaywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2131:216,80715,399
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142

Chemaywa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chemaywa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chemaywa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chemaywa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemaywa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Chemaywa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 213 people, or 1 in 216,807. In Kenya Chemaywa is mostly found in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Chemaywa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Chemaywa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Chemaywa
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