Chenwi Surname
Approximately 1,430 people bear this surname
Chenwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,413 | 1:14,699 | 1,994 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chenwi (31) may also be a first name.
Chenwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenwi is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chenwi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chenwi is the 272,239th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,096,186 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chenwi live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,413 people, or 1 in 14,699. In Cameroon Chenwi is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent live, Southwest Region, where 18 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 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 Chenwi
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