Chooba Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Chooba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 59 | 1:34,450 | 6,217 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Zambia | 53 | 1:299,055 | 16,868 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Chooba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chooba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chooba occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chooba? popularity and diffusion
Chooba is the 1,305,105th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chooba live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chooba is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 34,450. In Lesotho Chooba is mostly concentrated in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 31 percent reside, Qacha's Nek District, where 25 percent reside and Maseru District, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent reside and Zambia, where 31 percent reside.
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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 Chooba
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