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
The last name Chewale (Marathi: चेवले) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewale? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 887,624th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The last name Chewale occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Chewale reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chewale is also the 3,306,491st most common first name globally It is held by 12 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Chewale
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