Chewaf Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Chewaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Chewaf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania2121:19,3151,765
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Chewaf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chewaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chewaf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,133,308th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewaf reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Chewaf is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 19,315. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 46 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live and Assaba Region, where 10 percent live. Beside Mauritania Chewaf occurs in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheiwaf921/
Chewafe921/
Chewav8396/
Chawaf8360/
Chevaf831/
Schewab772/
Kewaf731/
Hewav731/
Hewab731/
Chebab676,358/
Hebauf67120/
Chiwaw6748/
Chawav672/
Chebow671/
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Chewaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chewaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑalshwaf95.74
ﺍﺷﻮﺍﻑashwaf2.13
ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻑalshwf2.13

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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 Chewaf
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