Chiawa Surname
Approximately 1,555 people bear this surname
Chiawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,283 | 1:138,069 | 8,898 |
| Zambia | 155 | 1:102,258 | 8,141 |
| Ivory Coast | 90 | 1:256,347 | 10,121 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chiawa (151) may also be a first name.
Chiawa Demographics
Average Chiawa Salary in
United States
$40,150 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chiawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiawa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Chiawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiawa is the 254,097th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,686,525 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiawa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chiawa is also the 749,223rd most frequent forename in the world, held by 151 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,283 people, or 1 in 138,069. In Nigeria Chiawa is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 82 percent live, Benue, where 4 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Chiawa Last Name Statistics demography
Chiawa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.
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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 Chiawa
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