Cheywa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Cheywa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
Cheywa Demographics
Cheywa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cheywa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheywa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheywa is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheywa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheywa is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Cheywa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Cheywa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda Cheywa is most numerous in: Bukwo District, where 93 percent reside. Other than Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 35 percent reside and Bhutan, where 4 percent reside.
Cheywa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Cheywa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Cheywa
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