Chewa Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Chewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 257 | 1:205,998 | 17,478 |
| Cameroon | 201 | 1:103,329 | 12,175 |
| Kenya | 40 | 1:1,154,498 | 35,000 |
| Bhutan | 39 | 1:15,796 | 437 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chewa (153) may also be a first name.
Chewa Demographics
Average Chewa Salary in
South Africa
R 47,016
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻱ, Oriya: େଚୱା, Tibetan: ཆེ་བ།) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 504,389th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Chewa live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chewa is also the 743,570th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 153 people.
The surname Chewa is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 205,998. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 91 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Chewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Chewa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.22% less than the national average, earning R 47,016 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chewa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chewa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚୱା | ecawa | - |
| Chewa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆེ་བ། | chewa | 87.5 |
| ཚེ་བ། | tsewa | 6.25 |
| ཆེ་ཝ། | chéwa | 3.13 |
| ཆོས་ཝ། | chöwa | 3.13 |
| Chewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻮﻱ | shwy | 33.33 |
| ﺷﻮﺍ | shwa | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻩ | alshwh | 33.33 |
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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 Chewa
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