Chokwa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Chokwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chokwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chokwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chokwa occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chokwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chokwa is the 2,436,415th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Chokwa live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Chokwa is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 21,307,372. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 35 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 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
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- 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 Chokwa
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