Chewe Surname
Approximately 43,331 people bear this surname
Chewe Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Chew.' Two parishes, Chew-Magna and Chew-Stoke, are situate in Somerset; (a) 'de Cheux,' a village near Caen, in Normandy. This latter suggestion is Lower's (Pair. Brit.). Of course (1) is the natural derivation of most of the representatives of this surname.
Read More About This SurnameChewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 41,903 | 1:378 | 48 |
| South Africa | 605 | 1:89,550 | 10,968 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| Zimbabwe | 79 | 1:195,421 | 22,838 |
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Chewe (3,246) may also be a first name.
Chewe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Chew.' Two parishes, Chew-Magna and Chew-Stoke, are situate in Somerset; (a) 'de Cheux,' a village near Caen, in Normandy. This latter suggestion is Lower's (Pair. Brit.). Of course (1) is the natural derivation of most of the representatives of this surname. It has ramified strongly in America. John Chew settled in Virginia as early as 1634 (v. Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.)
1667. Thomas Chew, of Woodplumpton: Wills at Richmond.
1766. Married — John Chew and Jane Gifford: St. George, Hanover Square.
Chewe is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an ancestral spirit.
A parish of Somerset. Cheux, a village near Caen in Normandy.
From Chew Magna, a parish in Somerset. There are also Chewstoke and Chewton-Mendip in the same county. Lower suggests also Cheux, a village near Caen, in Normandy.
The name of Chew has its present home in the Oundle district. The Chews of Dunstable, in the neighbouring county of Bedfordshire, were a notable family in the 17th century; some of them, who attained high position as London merchants, preferred to be buried in the town of their birth. One of the family was sheriff of Beds ("Bib. Topog. Brit.").
Chewe Demographics
Average Chewe Salary in
United States
$46,323 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻩ) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chewe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewe? popularity and diffusion
Chewe is the 12,945th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 168,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chewe is also the 125,786th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 3,246 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 41,903 people, or 1 in 378. In Zambia Chewe is primarily found in: Muchinga Province, where 25 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent live and Northern Province, where 21 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Chewe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chewe has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Chewe last name expanded 414 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chewe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chewe last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chewe earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning R 165,096 per year and in United States they earn 7.36% more than the national average, earning $46,323 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻮﻩ | shwh | - |
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