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
Chewah occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chewah is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Chewah is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Chewah reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chewah is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Chewah is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent live, Centre Region, where 39 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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