Chewah Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Chewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chewah (22) may also be a first name.
Chewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chewah is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chewah is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Chewah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chewah live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent live, Centre Region, where 39 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Chewah is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 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 Chewah
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