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.

Chewaf Surname Distribution Map

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

Chewaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chewaf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,133,308th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewaf live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheiwaf921/
Chewafe921/
Chewav8396/
Chawaf8360/
Chevaf831/
Schewab772/
Kewaf731/
Hewav731/
Hewab731/
Chebab676,358/
Hebauf67120/
Chiwaw6748/
Chawav672/
Chebow671/

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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