Chewi Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Chewi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chewi (17) may also be a first name.
Chewi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chewi is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chewi is the 4,772,636th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Chewi occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Chewi are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 17 people.
The last name Chewi is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 77 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Chewi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Chewi
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