Chewale Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Chewale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Chewale (12) may also be a first name.
Chewale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chewale (Marathi: चेवले) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 887,624th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Chewale are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chewale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chewale in the Marathi language | ||
| चेवले | cevale | 94.29 |
| छेवले | chevale | 2.86 |
| चेवळे | cevale | 2.86 |
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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 Chewale
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