Chewaf Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Chewaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 212 | 1:19,315 | 1,765 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Chewaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chewaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewaf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,133,308th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 19,315. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 46 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live and Assaba Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Portugal, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chewaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chewaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑ | alshwaf | 95.74 |
| ﺍﺷﻮﺍﻑ | ashwaf | 2.13 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻑ | alshwf | 2.13 |
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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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- 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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