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 more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewah? popularity and diffusion
Chewah is the 1,839,022nd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. It occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name globally It is held by 22 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent reside, Centre Region, where 39 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Chewah exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 31 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
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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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