Chewaya Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Chewaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Chewaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chewaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻳﺔ) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chewaya is the 1,159,732nd most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The surname Chewaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewaya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chewaya is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Outside of Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chewaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chewaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻮﻳﺔ | alshwyt | - |
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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 Chewaya
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